Broughton Island
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Broughton Island is an island located in the middle group of the Great Range of Islands of the Kuril Archipelago. It is part of the Kuril district, the Sakhalin region, the Russian Federation. The island is currently uninhabited. Named after the famous English navigator William Broughton.
The island is a surface part of a long extinct volcano. Its highest point, Mount Broughton, rises 800 meters above sea level. The area of the island is 7 square kilometers, its steep cliffs rise to 274 meters. It has two streams with fresh and drinkable water.
At a distance of 3.7 kilometers from the island is the strongest magnetic anomaly.
Not far from the island there are thickets of sea cabbage. Fauna is represented by sea lions, seals, calans. On the cliffs of the island nest hatchets, cairns, fools and seagulls, and on top of crows, falcons, kings and wagtails.
At 20 kilometers in the south-east direction is a group of islands Black Brothers.