Lopatka Cape

Cape Lopatka is the southern tip of Kamchatka, separated from Shumushu, the northernmost Kuril island, by the First Kuril Strait. The passage connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Pacific. The cape is exposed to severe weather, and its surrounding waters provide wintering grounds for large numbers of seabirds. Offshore, the Kamchatka Current flows generally south-southwest toward this northern entrance to the island chain.