Nobitsu Cape

This coast belongs to the central Kuril island chain, which separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific. Fog often hides the shores, though volcanic summits may remain visible above it. Dense kelp beds grow in the shallows around the islands. In spring, drift ice moves along the Okhotsk side and may pass through the straits into the Pacific, where the cold Oyashio current carries it southward.