Diky Greben (, ) is a

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complex located in the southern part of

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. The Kurile Lake adjoins the volcano in the northeast, and the Ozernaya River skirts it from the north. Several lakes formed on the lava-dammed sections of its slopes. The volcano is the largest complex of lava domes in

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively. Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...

, one of the largest in the world. The total volume of all its lava domes is . Its highest point is Mount Nepriyatnaya (, ), . The volcano is showing modern

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and, presumably, the growth of the central dome, Mount Nepriyatnaya, continues.

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Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula Holocene lava domes Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula Holocene Asia {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub

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