The Rocks of Traps

The Trap Rocks are located in the northern part of the Great Range of the Kuril Islands, in the Krusenstern Strait, about 20 kilometers south of the island of Shiashkotan. Rocks are included in the North Kuril district, Sakhalin region, the Russian Federation.

The traps consist of ten relatively large rock formations, as well as smaller rocks that are exposed during low tide. The largest cliffs are the cliffs: High, 42 meters high, Long, 23 meters high, Kotikovaya, 28 meters high and Low, 2.7 meters high.

On a relatively small surface, there is one of the largest rookeries of animals in the Far Eastern part of Russia. Only on the rock Long, during mating, lies about 800 adults and young individuals, and about 450 puppies of these animals are born. These rocks are home to another species - the northern seal.

The vegetation of the rocks is quite scarce, they also nest birds of gulls, cormorants, cleaners and puffins. The name of the rocks was given by the navigator I. F. Krusenstern, in 1805.