Raikoke Island
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Raikoke is a small, northernmost island, the central archipelago of the Great Range of the Small Kuril Islands. The island is included in the North Kuril district, Sakhalin region of Russia. At the moment, Raikoke Island is uninhabited.
The island is a surface part of the Raikoke volcano, 551 meters high. The shape of the island is round, about 2 kilometers in diameter. The depth of the crater of the volcano is about 60 meters.
There is no fresh water on the island, vegetation is also quite scarce. Here there are only small rodents and nest birds cleaners, fools, cormorants, puffins and cairns. 50 kilometers northeast of Raikok are the cliffs of the Trap, the island is separated by the Golovin Strait from the island of Matua, which is located 18 kilometers south and is divided by the Krusenstern Strait from the island of Shiashkotan, located 60 kilometers in the northeast direction.