Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
2,024km²
Area
303km
Coastline
1,816m
Highest point
Chikurachki
2,470
People
10°C
Warmest sea
August
37km
To the mainland
When to go to Paramushir
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (10 °C) and coolest in March (1 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Kuril Islands, Russia
Paramushir is an island in Russia. It covers 2,024 km², with 303 km of coastline. Its highest point, Chikurachki, rises to 1,816 m. About 2,470 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 37 km away.
Getting there
- Yelizovo Airport (PKC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 364 km in a straight line
- Ferries1 ferry terminals on the island
- 37 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.
On the island
What you find on Paramushir.
- 1beaches
- 1viewpoints
- 6lighthousesMayak Opornyy, front beacon, Mayak Opornyy, rear beacon, Mayak Mys Levashova and 3 more
- 1ferry terminals
- 98named peaksLomonosova, Pavlova, Arkhangel’skogo and 95 more
- 8volcanoesChikurachki, Fuss Peak, Tatarinova and 5 more
- 22waterfallsKhoma, Alenka, Tikhiy and 19 more
- 122ruins and archaeological sitesKita-no-dai Airfield and 121 more
- 6hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 3restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Paramushir in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Paramushir, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
112mountainsPeakyas
2lakesLakeyas
10waterfallsCascadyas
Highest point
1,816m
prominence 1,816 m · according to Peakyas
Largest lake
1.2km²
Zerkalnoe
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
14.9°C
Pernatoe
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
10.3°C
Bukhta Kvadratnaya
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
112 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Chikurachkiprominence 1,816 m1,816m
- Fuss Peakprominence 1,630 m1,772m
- Lomonosov Group1,681m
- Tatarinov Volcano1,530m
- Karpinsky Group1,345m
- Gora Belousova1,161m
- Ebeko1,156m
- Vulcan Neozhidannyy1,039m
104 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Zerkalnoe1.2km²
- Pernatoe0.81km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
10 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Vodopad Aleshin
- Vodopad Blizhniy
- Vodopad Bykov
- Vodopad Gava
- Vodopad Khmuryy
- Vodopad Krasavets
- Vodopad Medvezhiy
- Vodopad Penistyy
2 more on CascadyasCascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 327 m above the sea. 45 % of it is below 200 m.
- 13 %0–50 m
- 32 %50–200 m
- 32 %200–500 m
- 20 %500–1,000 m
- 4 %1,000–2,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Kasivobara2,422 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | -1 |
| Night low (°C) | -4 | -5 | -4 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -3 |
| Sea (°C) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Rain (mm) | 89 | 91 | 101 | 76 | 76 | 82 | 110 | 118 | 125 | 135 | 140 | 117 |
| Wet days | 22 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 25 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Wind (km/h) | 28 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 30 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.5 | −0.6 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.9 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | −0.4 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +0.7 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | −1.2 | −0.7 | −0.8 | −0.7 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +0.8 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.5 |
| 2022 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +1.9 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.6 |
| 2023 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.1 | −0.3 | −0.8 | −0.6 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.2 |
| 2024 | +0.2 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.7 | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.7 | −0.1 | −0.7 | +0.1 |
| 2025 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.7 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +0.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
More islands nearby.
Atlasov Island
Russia153 km²2,339 m54 km away
ShumshuRussia380 km²189 m62 km away
Antsiferov IslandRussia8.9 km²761 m54 km away
MakanrushiRussia50 km²1,169 m113 km away
OnekotanRussia426 km²1,325 m124 km away
KharimkotanRussia76 km²1,145 m163 km away
EkarmaRussia32 km²1,170 m203 km away
ShiashkotanRussia116 km²930 m208 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q818749) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
The family
Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers or canyons?
Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Coming soonVisit mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Coming soonVisit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.You are here
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit