Shumshu

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Shumshu is the northernmost island of the Kuril Islands group. It is situated only 11km south of Cape Lopatka on the Kamchatka Peninsula and has an area of 388 km². The island is the least elevated in the entire Kuril group with a height of 189 metres. The terrain is low-lying and covered in numerous lakes and marshland.

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