Simoushire

Simushir is an uninhabited island located in the Great Range of Islands of the Kuril archipelago. It is part of the Kuril district, Sakhalin region, the Russian Federation.

The length of the island is 59 kilometers, the maximum width is 11 kilometers, the area is about 353 square kilometers. The highest point of the island is Mount Milna, 1539 meters high. Also on the island there are three active volcanoes - Zavarnitsky, 625 meters high, Prevo, 1360 meters high, and Burning Sopka, 873 meters high.

In the southern part of the island is a peninsula, which was formed by an extinct volcano, Mount Milna. The peninsula is connected to the center of the island by the Isthmus of Kostochko. In the central part of the island is the Zavarnitsky caldera, it is partially filled with Turquoise Lake. In the northern part of the island is the deep bay of Broughton, which is a water-filled caldera.

The tops of the island are covered with alder, cedar and birch stlane, oceanic meadows grow near its shores, there are also thickets of evergreen, bush bamboo, and pink rhodiola is found.

Among the animals here live stews, calans, seals, foxes, rodents and foxes.

Once, there were settlements Kostochko, Whaling, Craternoye, as well as the base of Soviet submarines, which are now abandoned. On the island there was a meteorological observatory, mothballed to date, and on the nearby hill there was a military unit of air defense. At the southern end of the island, a seismological station operated, and a lighthouse still stands on the coast.