Uratman volcano
North Kuril city district, Sakhalin region, Russia.
Description:
Uratman is a long-extinct stratovolcano located in the northern part of Simushir Island, in the Great Range of the Kuril Islands. Uratman is a somma-type volcano.
Not far from the volcano is Broughton Bay. From its top in the bay grows vegetation taiga type, thickets of birch, cedar and alder stlanik, evergreen Kuril bamboo. Among the animals at the foot of the volcano live foxes, foxes, small rodents and some species of birds, such as cormorants, gulls, puffins.
According to recent research results and independent experts, the last eruption on Uratman occurred about three thousand years ago.