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Ushkovsky (, formerly known as Plosky) is a large volcanic
massif
A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...
located in the central part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
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. It is located at the northwestern end of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano group. These volcanoes are also set in a chain linked formation. The highest peak of this massif is Krestovsky (4108 m). Krestovsky is a stratovolcano, Ushkovsky is a shield volcano.
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See also
*List of volcanoes in Russia
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.
European Russia
Kamchatka
Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East.
Kuril Islands
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, in the ...
References
* Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula Shield volcanoes of Russia Complex volcanoes Stratovolcanoes of Russia {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub