Mount Lazarev (Гора Лазарева, "Gora Lazareva") is a massif on the northern portion of
Yuzhny Island
Yuzhny (russian: Южный остров, lit. southern island) is the southern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, lying north of Russia. It has an area of , which while smaller than the northern island of Severny, makes it one of the larg ...
,
Novaya Zemlya, in Russia. It was used for many
Soviet nuclear tests, starting with the first
underground nuclear test
Underground nuclear testing is the Nuclear weapons testing, test detonation of nuclear weapons that is performed underground. When the device being tested is buried at sufficient depth, the nuclear explosion may be contained, with no release of ...
on Novaya Zemlya, 18 September 1964, which may have resulted in
tired mountain syndrome.
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Lazarev
Russian nuclear test sites
Novaya Zemlya