Simushir
- ISS005-E-6512
- 30 June 2002
- 22:18 UTC
The highly elongated island of Simushir (Остров Симушир) is the largest island of the Central group with an area of 353 km². The island is orientated northeast to southwest, measuring 58 km in length with an average width of around 6 km. The island of Ketoy lies 19 km to the northeast across the Diana Strait, and Chirpoy 67 km to southwest across the Boussole Strait.
Simushir is constructed from a chain of extinct volcanic edifices: Urataman in the northwest forms a 7.5 km wide partially submerged caldera at the northwestern tip of the island (see large size Broutona Bay image); in the central region of Simushir lies the Zavaritzki Caldera (shown above), consisting of three concentric calderas of 10, 8 and 3 km across; also in the centre stands the 1,360 m tall symmetrical cone of Prevo Peak; the southwestern end of the island consists of the lobate peninsula formed by Mt. Milna — the highest point on the island at 1,539 m above sea level.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center.
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