Rasshua Island
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Rassua is an uninhabited island located in the Great Range, the Kuril archipelago. It is part of the North Kuril district, Sakhalin region of the Russian Federation.
The length of the island is 13 kilometers, a width of 6 kilometers, an area of about 67 square kilometers. In its central part there is an active, eponymous volcano Rassua, about 948 meters high, and in the southern part there is Mount Serp, 495 meters high. On the island, in large numbers there are sulfur, geothermal springs.
Most of Rassua is covered with grassy vegetation and short shrubs. On its slopes grow dwarf alders and birches. Here there are multiple nests of dead ends, kair, stupid and gulls, small rodents and foxes are found.
The island is separated by the Middle Strait, from the Middle Island, the Strait of Hope, from the island of Raikoke.