Ilya Muromets Waterfall

Ilya Muromets Waterfall Rakkibetsu Waterfall
Ilya Muromets Waterfall is located in Sakhalin Oblast
Ilya Muromets Waterfall
Ilya Muromets Waterfall is located in Russia
Ilya Muromets Waterfall
LocationIturup Island (Kuril Islands)
Coordinates45°31′0″N 148°53′20″E / 45.51667°N 148.88889°E / 45.51667; 148.88889
TypeHorsetail ribbon
Total height459 feet (140 meters)
Number of drops1?
Watercourseunnamed creek
World height ranking≥652[1]

Ilya Muromets (Илья Муромец), named after the East Slavic folk hero, is a very steep vertical waterfall on the Bear's Peninsula of Iturup, one of the largest Kuril Islands. Iturup has been the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan and also has a Japanese name, Rakkibetsu Waterfall (ラッキベツの滝). The water stream falls abruptly from the eastern slope of the Demon Volcano into the Pacific Ocean.[2] Ilya Muromets is rarely seen by tourists, however, because it can be accessed only by boat.[3]

External image
image icon Ilya Muromets Waterfall

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Waterfall Database".
  2. ^ Арсеев Г., Бровко П. Реки прыгают в океан. Владивосток: Океан и человек, 1984.
  3. ^ "Водопад Илья Муромец на фото и карте". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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