Island Paramushir

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Paramushir (Jap. paramusiru-Sim, from the Ainu a broad island) - one of the islands of the Great North Ridge Kuril Islands. Area 2,053 km ², is the second largest island after Iturup arhipelega. At length - about 120 km, width up to 30 km. Administratively the island is part of the North Kuril urban district of Sakhalin region of Russia. To the north lies the town of Paramushir North Kurilsk (2470 inhabitants in 2006) - the administrative center of the area and only at the beginning of XXI residential locality of the island. Non-residential settlements - Podgorny and Shelikof. Existed on the island settlements Anciferova, Vasilyeva, Galkin, Rocky, whales, Mayorov, Oceanic, Coastal on the 2002 census have no permanent population, some of them were destroyed during the devastating tsunami of 1952. Islands are located near several small islands and rocks: Island Bird (Brothers) Islands Chaikin, sc. Dangerous, Fr. Keith, Fr. Chick on. Market, about. Barrier, Fr. Smoke, sc. Frothy and others. Island Togar (Ganimusir) about 47 m tall. Paramushir separated from the Strait of Alaid Atlasova Island, located 20 km north; Second Kuril Strait - Shumshu Island, located 2 km north-east, the Strait of Luzhin (Third Kuril) - from the island Anciferova, located 15 km west; Fourth Kuril Strait - Onekotan from the island, located 54 km south-west. On the island of common pine elfin and shrub alder, Sarankov, cranberries, knyazhenika, blueberries, shiksha. Many fungi. In the largest river island Tuharka (length 20 km) spawning salmon, sockeye, coho. On the island there are more than 100 individuals of brown bear, fox-moth are found, hare, weasel, otter on the coast of maturation. Endemic Paramushir - paramushirskaya shrew.