Snow Strait
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
The Snow Strait, or Fast, is a strait located in the North Pacific Ocean. It separates Brat-Chirpoev Island from Chirpoy Island, and also connects the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
The length of the strait is about 7 kilometers, the maximum depth is more than 500 meters, the minimum width is 3 kilometers. The shores of the strait are mountainous and precipitous.
In the Snow Strait, Capes Azure, Satayiv, Semenova, Samotuga are distinguished. In the northern part there are surface and pit stones. In the southern part of the strait is the island of the Sea Otter, as well as the Hermit Rock.
In the eastern part of the strait is dangerous for ships, a strong tidal current.
The strait is named after the hunter G.D. Snow, who passed the Kuril Islands between 1873 and 1896.