Urup Strait

Urup is a strait located in the North Pacific Ocean, in the middle of the Great Range of Islands of the Kuril Archipelago. The strait separates the Black Brother Islands from the island of Urup, and in the north connects the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.

The length of the strait is about 20 kilometers, its maximum depth is more than 500 meters, the minimum width is 30 kilometers. The shores of the strait are precipitous and rocky.

On the banks of Urup there are capes Kastrikum, Semenov and Svitoy. On its southern coast there are surface and pitfalls. In the northern part of Urupa is the Bay of the Corner. The Taira Islands are also located in the strait.

To date, the shores of the strait are not inhabited. The maximum value of the tide along its banks is about one meter.