First Kuril Strait (Russian: пролив Первый Курильский, Japanese: 占守海峡, Shumushu Strait) (also known as just Kuril Strait) is a strait, located at 50°50′08″N 156°35′05″E / 50.8355556°N 156.5847222°E / 50.8355556; 156.5847222, separating the Shumshu Island of the Kuril Islands from the Cape Lopatka, Kamchatka Peninsula.
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“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called Cook. He said, I xpect we take in some water there, river so high,never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Dont paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along. It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted paddle, and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)