Sopka (hill)
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Sopka (Russian: сопка) is a general denomination used for hills and mountains with a rounded top and gentle slopes in the Transbaikal, the Kola Peninsula, and the Russian Far East, as well as for volcanoes in the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, and for mud volcanoes in Crimea and the Caucasus.[1][2][3]
The probable origin of the word sopka is from Old Church Slavonic sop—an earthen embankment, hill, or mountain.
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[edit]- ^ "Сопка". Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ Cherpillod, André (1990-12-31). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms géographiques (in French). FeniXX. ISBN 978-2-402-38036-2.
- ^ Bykasov, Valery (2017-03-23). Stone Birch: Betula ermanii. Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS. ISBN 978-5-4253-0511-4.