Lowushki rocks
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Kuril Islands | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 33 ' N , 153 ° 51' E | |
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| Number of islands | 4th | |
| Main island | Dolgaja | |
| Total land area | 0.15 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Lowuschki rocks ( Russian Скалы Ловушки ; Japanese 牟 知 列 岩 , Mushiru-retsugan ) are a group of small, uninhabited rock islands in the Kuril archipelago . Administratively, they belong to the Russian Sakhalin Oblast .
The basaltic Lowuschki rocks are located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, about 20 km southwest of Schiaschkotan and about 55 km northeast of the island of Matua . The group consists of four small islands with a total area of 0.15 km² and a maximum height of 41 m above sea level. They are populated by numerous Steller sea lions ( Eumetopias jubatus ) and northern fur seals ( Callorhinus ursinus ).
tourism
The archipelago is visited by cruise ships from time to time .
literature
- G. Gilbo: Sprawotschnik po istorii geografitscheskich naswani na pobereschje SSSR . Ministerstwo oborony Soiusa SSR, Glaw. upr. nawigazii i okeanografii, 1985, p. 192. (Russian)