Mount Urup
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Mount Urup, or High Mountain, is located in the central part of the island of Urup, in the middle of the Great Range of the islands of the Kuril archipelago. The mountain is part of the Iwao group. Urup is the highest point of the island, its length is 1426 meters. The mountain is made of magmatic basalt.
The slopes of Urup are covered with forests of alder Maksimovich, Kamchatka birch, mixed ash, sasa and Kuril cherry. In the lower tiers, the flora of the mountain is represented by short bushes, shrubs, as well as grasses and meadows.
The fauna of the mountain is represented by foxes, small rodents, as well as birds nesting here, puffins, gulls, cormorants, and on higher parts by falcons and crows.
On the eastern slope of the mountain is Lake High.