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about halfway up the island. Further up is the grand volcano 

 called Prevost Peak, 4450 feet in height, one of the most sym- 

 metrical mountains in the Kuril chain. 



To the north-east of this is a ridge of peaked hills ex- 

 tending to Broughton Bay, on the east side of which is Uratman 

 Peak, 2000 feet above the sea. 



On the north-west side of Milne Mountains is a small 

 volcanic peak which is active, and which in September, 1881, was 

 in violent eruption. The other volcanoes are extinct or dormant. 

 The south-west coast is steep and bold, and what few rocks 

 there are, are close in to the shore. There is a small sea-lion 

 rookery on this coast about 3 miles from Cape Aronte. 



On the north side of Milne Mountains the coast is deeply 

 indented, forming Milne Bay, where anchorage can be got with 

 sandy bottom, and where water can be procured. On the Pacific 

 side, opposite this bay, the coast also runs in, narrowing this part 

 of the island to about 2 miles or less. The north-west coast is 

 rocky, with many kelp patches along it ; all the rocks are near the 

 shore. 



The south-east coast is very free from rocks comparatively, 

 the few there are extendingc off no distance. Above Prevost Peak 

 the land makes in considerably, forming Prevost Bay. 



At the north-east of the island is Broughton Bay, a crescent- 

 shaped basin of water about 2h miles in extent. This bay is 

 evidently an old crater, and would be circular in form but for the 

 Uratman volcano, which projects into its eastern side. Surrounding 

 the bay is a ridge of pumiceous and rocky hills, forming the edge 

 of the old crater. Through the narrowest part of this, which is on 

 the north-east side, the sea has made a breach. This entrance is in 

 Diane Strait, about midway between the north-west cape and the 

 north-east cape, and is between a bluff on its eastern side and a 

 short low shingly point, projecting from the foot of a roundish 

 hill, on the west side. The passage is less than a cable wide, with 

 from 10 to 12 feet of water. There is a large bed of kelp just 

 outside and in the passage, which it is necessary to pass through 

 to enter the bay. The tide runs in and out with considerable 

 speed. Inside the bay the water is very deep, and it is necessary 

 to go close in to the beach before an anchorage can be got. 



The remains of a village, which at one time was one of the 



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