WIturup is one of the Kuril Islands. It was formerly known as Staten Island. It is the largest and northernmost island in the southern Kurils, ownership of which is disputed by Japan and Russia.
WAtsonupuri is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
WBaransky is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
WBerutarube is a stratovolcano located at the southern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
WBogatyr Ridge is a stratovolcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. The highest peak of the ridge is Stokap which is also the highest peak of the island.
WBurevestnik is a military air base on Iturup Island, Russia, establishing the nation's presence on the disputed South Kuril Islands with the largest airfield in the region. It is also the former Soviet Union's most remote interceptor base, home of 387 IAP. During the 1970s it flew MiG-21bis and upgraded to MiG-23 jets in 1983. An Army helicopter combat support squadron was also stationed at the airfield in the early 1980s, providing limited fire support and transport capability. Burevestnik's communications and logistics were tied to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and supplies were flown in weekly on An-12 aircraft.
WChirip is a volcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. In lies on the Chirip Peninsula and comprises two twin stratovolcanoes, Chirip and Bogdan Khmelnitskii. The western side is the steepest, sharing a basin, with a small lake with Bogdan Khmelnitskii. Basin has features that were created during an eruption. Many types of lava found are basalt, and andesite, small amounts of Dacite found.
WDemon is a stratovolcano located at the northern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
WGolets-Torny Group is a group of cinder cones located in the northern part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
WGrozny Group is a complex volcano located in the central part of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, controlled by Russia, and claimed by Japan. There is an ongoing eruption there.
WIlya Muromets, named after the East Slavic folk hero, is a very steep vertical waterfall on the Bear's Peninsula of Iturup, one of the Kuril Islands. The water stream falls abruptly from the eastern slope of the Demon Volcano into the Pacific Ocean. With a height of 141 meters, it is one of the highest waterfalls in the Russian Far East. Ilya Muromets is rarely seen by tourists, however, because it can be accessed only by boat.
WIturup Airport is a public airport on Iturup Island, Russia. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the town of Kurilsk.
WKasatka Bay, formerly known by its Japanese name Hitokappu Bay , is a natural harbor at the central part of Iturup, Kuril Islands. It is currently controlled by the Russian Federation since the Soviet Union annexed the Kuril Islands from Japan at the end of World War II.
WKurilsk is a town and the administrative center of Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the island of Iturup. Population: 2,070 (2010 Census); 2,233 (2002 Census); 2,699 (1989 Census).
WMoekeshiwan, also known as Lvinaya Past, is a volcano in the southern part of Iturup in the Kuril Islands, claimed by Japan and administered by Russia. The volcano is characterized by a large caldera that is flooded by the Sea of Okhotsk. A large eruption occurred early during the Holocene which reached a volcanic explosivity index of 7.
WMedvezhya (Russian: Медве́жий; Japanese: 茂世路岳, Moyoro-dake) is a volcanic complex located at the northern end of Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Rheniite, a rhenium sulfide mineral (ReS2), was discovered and approved in 2004. It is found in active hot fumaroles on the volcano.