Ilya Muromets Waterfall Explained

Ilya Muromets Waterfall Rakkibetsu Waterfall

Map:

Russia Sakhalin Oblast#Russia

Location:

Iturup Island (Kuril Islands)

Type:

Horsetail ribbon

Height:

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Number Drops:

Watercourse:

unnamed creek

World Rank:

≥652^[1]

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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]

Notes and References

Web site: World Waterfall Database.
Арсеев Г., Бровко П. Реки прыгают в океан. Владивосток: Океан и человек, 1984.
Web site: Водопад Илья Муромец на фото и карте. 2014-03-15. 2014-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315130039/http://russights.ru/post_1318773654.html. dead.