# Medvezhya

- **Country:** Russia
- **Coordinates:** 45.387000, 148.843000
- **Type:** Somma volcano
- **Location:** Iturup, Kuril Islands, Russia
- **Elevation M:** 1124
- **Last Eruption:** October 1999

Medvezhya (; , Moyoro-dake) is a volcanic complex located at the northern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Rheniite, a rhenium sulfide mineral (ReS2), was discovered within the active hot fumaroles of the volcano in 1994

![Photo of Medvezhya](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Medvezhia_Caldera_%28Moyoro_Caldera%29_Relief_Map%2C_SRTM-1.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medvezhya (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)