forest in the caldera of golovnin volcano on kunashir island, russia

acquainted area bamboo baths bears caldera cannot cape caught center city coast columnar conditional crossed dense described ecological ferns flora footprint forest found giant golovnin grasped grass growth height high human inactive inhabitants island japanese kunashir kuril leads lichens lighthouse maple more mountains ocean old oldgrowth pacific path pine plants russia seagulls shallow shrubs south species spruce swampy taller thermal thickets total trail trees unique vegetation view volcano volcanoes water yuzhnokurilsk yuzhnokurilsky