Kunashir Island: Golovnin caldera

There are many hot springs and fumaroles in the caldera of the active Golovnin volcano; there are two lakes here - Kipyaschee (Boiling) and Goryachee (Hot). The caldera has a diameter of 4700 meters.

View from the caldera to Mendeleev volcano

Panorama of the caldera; in the distance Lake Goryachee

Kipyaschee Lake

Native sulfur

Fumaroles on the shore of Lake Kipyaschee

Sour stream flowing from Lake Kipyaschee

Hydrangea

A rare tree - Glenn spruce