Diana Strait
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Diana Strait is located in the North Pacific Ocean, among the islands of the Kuril archipelago. It separates Simushir Island from Ketoy Island, connects the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
The length of the strait is about 15 kilometers, the maximum depth is more than 500 meters, the minimum width is 20 kilometers. The shores of the strait are mountainous and precipitous. In the strait stand out Capes Watchtorozheva, North-West, Sheer, Soviet, Monolithic, Sledge and Round. There are many streams flowing into it, the largest of which is Sewage. In the northern part of the strait there are many surface and underwater stones. In its southern part is Broughton Bay, which separates the West Claw and East Claw peninsulas, and in the northern part of South and Diana Bay.
The strait is named by Captain V. M. Golovnin, in honor of the ship “Diana”, on which his team conducted a study of the Kuril archipelago. The shores of the strait are not inhabited at the moment.