Chirip Peninsula

In the northwestern part of the island of Iturup is the Chirip Peninsula. It is located on the territory of Russia, in the Sakhalin region and is washed on all sides by the Sea of Okhotsk.

The length of the peninsula is 22 kilometers, and the width is 13 kilometers. Chirip is mountainous. On it, with the help of two volcanoes and several mountain peaks, a volcanic massif was formed. On Chiripa there are mountain Horyachaya - 882 meters and Kedrovaya - 791 meters, Chirip volcano - 1,563 meters and Bogdan Khmelnitsky - 1,585 meters.

There are short rivers in this area. The longest of them are the North and South Chirip, in the waters of which the acidity is increased, which made them unfit for drinking. North Chirip is connected by the Pacific Lake, the largest lake on the peninsula.

In the northern part of the territory is Chirip volcano. The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape Breskens, it breaks off to the Sea of Okhotsk.

The average value of tides near the coast is 1 meter. The peninsula is separated by the bay of Prosper and the Kuril Bay.

Here grows a large number of trees: oak, birch, alder, maple and others.

The territory includes the village of Kitov. The basis of the peninsula is the village of Reidovo and the city of Kurilsk.