Shiashkot Island

Shiashkotan is an island located in the northern part of the Great Range of the Kuril Islands, and part of the Sakhalin region, the North Kuril urban district. The island is uninhabited.

Shiashkotan has the shape of an eight, its length is 25 kilometers, a width of 9 kilometers, a total area of 122 square kilometers. The island is divided into two parts - the Chuprova Peninsula in the north, and the Nikonov Peninsula in the south, which are divided by the Makarov Isthmus with a width of 1 kilometer. In the southern part of the island there is an active volcano Kuntomintar, 828 meters high, and in the northern part of the volcano Sinarka, 934 meters high.

On the island is uninhabited since the eviction of the Ainu, the village of Makarovka. Shiashkotan has many small rivers and streams, with rare waterfalls and snowfalls in shaded areas. Basically, grassy vegetation prevails here, alder thickets, and in the northern part there is cedar stlanik. Also there is a lingonberry and watercoat, small rodents and foxes live from animals.

In the coastal zone of the island, sea cabbage grows, sea lions and seals live. Shiashkotan is separated by the Severgin Strait from the island of Harimkotan, and 20 kilometers to the south, directly in the Kruzenshtern Strait, there are cliffs of Trap.