Russia
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
1,416km²
Area
323km
Coastline
1,426m
Highest point
Vysokaya
0
People
11°C
Warmest sea
September
695km
To the mainland
When to go to Urup
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in September (11 °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
Urup is an island in Russia. It covers 1,416 km², with 323 km of coastline. Its highest point, Vysokaya, rises to 1,426 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 695 km away.
Getting there
- 695 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 Urup.
- 3lighthousesKastrikum Lighthouse, Van-der-Linda Lighthouse, Cherepakha Lighthouse
- 29named peaksKosaya, Sivukha, Struve and 26 more
- 4volcanoesKolokol, Tri Sestry, Trezubets 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
Urup in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Urup, each with its own numbers.
25beaches and covesCoastya
42mountainsPeakyas
2lakesLakeyas
1waterfallCascadyas
Highest point
1,328m
Bell
according to Peakyas
Largest lake
0.30km²
Tokotan
according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
11.9°C
Bukhta Baydarochnaya
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
25 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Bukhta Lopukhovayacove11.2°C
- Bukhta Lugovayacove11.2°C
- Bukhta Laskovayacove10.5°C
- Bukhta Ukromnayacove11.3°C
- Bukhta Korshuncove11.3°C
- Bukhta Golubichnayacove11.3°C
- Bukhta Baydarochnayacove11.9°C
- Bukhta Kapsyul’cove11.9°C
17 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
42 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Bell1,328m
- Tri Sestry998m
- Vulkan Trezubets742m
- Rudakov542m
- Gora Kedrovaya366m
- Vysokaya
- Trident
- Gora Medved'
34 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Tokotan0.30km²
- Ozero Vysokoye0.18km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
1 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Vodopad Taka
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 317 m above the sea. 43 % of it is below 200 m.
- 8 %0–50 m
- 36 %50–200 m
- 35 %200–500 m
- 19 %500–1,000 m
- 2 %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).
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 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Night low (°C) | -5 | -6 | -4 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | -3 |
| Sea (°C) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 64 | 106 | 75 | 94 | 79 | 101 | 134 | 134 | 142 | 118 | 91 |
| Wet days | 13 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Wind (km/h) | 31 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 32 |
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 | −0.7 | −0.2 | −1.0 | −0.4 | +0.6 | +1.0 | −0.2 | +1.4 | +1.4 | +0.8 | −0.1 |
| 2021 | −1.2 | −1.8 | −1.3 | −0.5 | −0.5 | +0.6 | +1.7 | +0.9 | −0.4 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.2 |
| 2022 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.6 | −0.2 | −1.6 | −3.3 | −1.0 | +0.4 | −0.7 | −0.4 |
| 2023 | −0.9 | −0.4 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.2 | −0.2 | −1.7 | −1.7 | −0.6 | −0.4 | +0.4 | −0.1 |
| 2024 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.2 | −1.1 | −1.1 | −0.5 | −0.2 | +0.3 | −0.6 | ±0.0 |
| 2025 | −0.2 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | −0.2 | −0.8 | −1.9 | −1.1 | −1.7 | −0.8 | −1.0 | −0.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q847281) · 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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