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Old 14th May 2019, 06:39
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Max Tow has it - The mountain is/was called Mount Suribachi - hence the Iwo Jima reference, and the airfield is Suribachi Bay Airfield. Originally was a fishing village, developed into an airfield, nothing there now.

Paramushiru Island has switched between Japan and Russia a number of times over the years. Was part of Japan from 1875. Japan gave up sovereignty in 1951.

Google Earth sometimes has really poor coverage compare to Bing - compare the link in Ripton's post and the screenshot I've posted above.

Open House it is
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