Cruises from Matua Island
Matua is an uninhabited volcanic island near the centre of the Kuril Islands, in the Russian Far East. The chain is in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Sarychev Peak in the northwest of the island is one of the most active volcanoes of the Kuril Islands. The central cone is 250 metres wide, is a very steep-walled crater with a jagged rim rising to a height of 1496 m.
Read moreThe central volcano, reminiscent of Japan's Mount Fuji, and black volcanic sand beaches, certainly provide a contrasting setting for the abandoned airbase.
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