Rucharu (also known as the Golets-Tornyi Group) is in the roughly N-S ridge across the isthmus (narrow part) of Iturup Island, shown in this September 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 26 km across). Parusnaya Mountain is at the end of the curved lineament extending from the center of the ridge to the NE.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

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Rucharu [Golets-Tornyi Group]