Shumshu
- ISS004-E-11696
- 12 May 2002
- 20:16 UTC
The northernmost of the Kuril Islands, located only 11 km southwest from the Kamchatka Peninsula's southernmost point of Cape Lopatka (visible at the extreme right of the image) and 2 km north from the island of Paramushir (at left).
Covering an area of 388 km² and with dimensions of 28 km in length (southwest to northeast) and 15 km in width, Shumshu (Остров Шумшу) rises to a height of only 189 m — making it the least elevated of the Northern islands. The low-lying terrain is studded with numerous small lakes and contains extensive areas of marshland.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
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