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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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