Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
336km²
Area
181km
Coastline
1,539m
Highest point
0
People
9°C
Warmest sea
August
525km
To the mainland
When to go to Simushir
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (9 °C) and coolest in March (2 °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
Simushir is an volcanic island in Russia. It covers 336 km², with 181 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,539 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 525 km away.
Getting there
- 525 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Simushir.
- 2beaches
- 2lighthousesSukhina Lighthouse, Vodopadnyy Lighthouse
- 9named peaksIkanmikot, Olen'ya, Obryvistaya and 6 more
- 4volcanoesMilne, Prevo, Uratman and 1 more
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
Simushir in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Simushir, each with its own numbers.
3beaches and covesCoastya
15mountainsPeakyas
1lakeLakeyas
1waterfallCascadyas
Highest point
1,360m
Prevo Peak
according to Peakyas
Largest lake
3.1km²
Biryuzovoe
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
16.6°C
Biryuzovoe
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
9.4°C
Bukhta Nakatomari
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
3 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Bukhta Kitoboynayacove9.3°C
- Bukhta Nakatomaricove9.4°C
- Bukhta Malayacove9.2°C
15 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Prevo Peak1,360m
- Goryashchaya Sopka891m
- Uratman678m
- Zavaritski Caldera624m
- Gora Olen'ya536m
- Gora Obryvistaya422m
- Gora Povorotnaya408m
- Gora Chikina286m
7 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Biryuzovoe3.1km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
1 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Vodopad Shumnyy
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 295 m above the sea. 42 % of it is below 200 m.
- 10 %0–50 m
- 31 %50–200 m
- 44 %200–500 m
- 11 %500–1,000 m
- 3 %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.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Night low (°C) | -3 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | -2 |
| Sea (°C) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Rain (mm) | 44 | 58 | 84 | 65 | 82 | 71 | 94 | 111 | 108 | 104 | 101 | 74 |
| Wet days | 15 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Wind (km/h) | 33 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 35 |
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 | −0.4 | +0.2 | +0.4 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +1.1 | +2.0 | +0.9 | −0.1 |
| 2021 | −0.4 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.4 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +1.7 | −0.2 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.4 | −0.5 | −2.9 | −1.3 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.5 |
| 2023 | −0.5 | −0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.4 | −1.6 | −1.6 | −1.8 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.2 |
| 2024 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.3 | −0.3 | −1.1 | −0.8 | −2.2 | −1.3 | −0.5 | −0.9 | −0.1 |
| 2025 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.1 | −0.4 | −0.9 | −1.3 | −1.6 | −0.4 | −0.7 | −0.3 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1423489) · 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.
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