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Greater Kuril Chain
Greater Kuril Chain (russian: Большая Курильская гряда) - A part of the Kuril Islands, the Greater Kuril Chain is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It includes North Kurils, Iturup and Kunashir. At its south western end, the Greater Kuril Chain is separated from Lesser Kuril Chain by the South Kuril Strait. Maximum height in the Greater Kuril Chain is 2339 m (Atlasov Island). Length - 1200 km. Total Area - 10,100 km². Greater Kuril Chain is part of Sakhalin Oblast of Russia. Iturup , other_names = russian: Итуру́п; ja, 択捉島 , location = Sea of Okhotsk , coordinates = , archipelago = Kuril Islands , total_islands = , major_islands = , area_km2 = 3139 , length_km = 200 , width_km = 27 , coastline = , highest_moun ... and Kunashir are under Russian control, but this is disputed by Japan. References Islands of the Kuril Islands {{SakhalinOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirinkotan
Chirinkotan (russian: Чиринкотан; Japanese 知林古丹島; Chirinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "mudslide". It is located west of Ekarma, its nearest neighbor. Geology Chirinkotan is at the far end of a volcanic chain extending nearly 50 km west of the central part of the main Kuril Islands arc. The island is the top of a partially submerged stratovolcano rising approximately from the floor of the Sea of Okhotsk, and is roughly circular with an area of . The island's highest point ("Masaochi" in Ainu) is high, and is still an active volcano with major eruptions recorded in 1760, 1884, 1900, 1979, 1986, 2004, and 2013. Reports of a 1955 eruption are unconfirmed. The caldera is approximately wide, with a depth of , and is breached on its south-east side. The shores of the island are steep cliffs, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirpoy
Chyornye Bratya (russian: Чёрные Братья, lit. ''Black Brothers''; ja, 知理保以島, Chiripoi-to) is a pair of uninhabited volcanic islands between Simushir and Urup in the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The larger (northern) of the two is Chirpoy, and the smaller (southern) is Brat Chirpoyev (Russian for ''Chirpoy's Brother''). The origin of the names is uncertain: the original Ainu language name of the island was ''Repunmoshiri'', a word meaning “place of many small birds”. Geography The Chirpoy islands are the remains of a partially submerged volcanic caldera which measures 8–9 km wide. The two islands are surrounded by a number of small islets and offshore rocks and together, the collective forms the Chyornye Bratya Islands. Both islands are separated by the Snou Strait. Chirpoy, the northernmost of the two islands, has an area of approximately 21 km2, and consists of three overlapping stratovolcanoes n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chyornye Bratya
Chyornye Bratya (russian: Чёрные Братья, lit. ''Black Brothers''; ja, 知理保以島, Chiripoi-to) is a pair of uninhabited volcanic islands between Simushir and Urup in the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The larger (northern) of the two is Chirpoy, and the smaller (southern) is Brat Chirpoyev (Russian for ''Chirpoy's Brother''). The origin of the names is uncertain: the original Ainu language name of the island was ''Repunmoshiri'', a word meaning “place of many small birds”. Geography The Chirpoy islands are the remains of a partially submerged volcanic caldera which measures 8–9 km wide. The two islands are surrounded by a number of small islets and offshore rocks and together, the collective forms the Chyornye Bratya Islands. Both islands are separated by the Snou Strait. Chirpoy, the northernmost of the two islands, has an area of approximately 21 km2, and consists of three overlapping stratovolcano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broutona
Broutona (russian: о.Броутона; Japanese language, Japanese 武魯頓島; Buroton-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the southern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from William Robert Broughton, a British ship captain who charted many of the Kuril Islands during his voyages during the 18th century. Its original Ainu language, Ainu name was ''Makanruru'', which translates roughly to "island in a strong current". Geology Broutona is roughly circular, with an area of It is located approximately to the northwest of the twin islands of Chirpoy and Chirpoy, Brat Chirpoyev. The island consists of a dormant or extinct stratovolcano, which rises to above sea level. The mountain has not erupted in historic times. The island has steep cliff sides, which can reach heights of and no sandy beaches, making landing very difficult and dangerous even in calm weather. These cliffs are weak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simushir
Simushir (russian: Симушир, ja, 新知島, translit=Shimushiru-tō, ain, シムシㇼ, translit=Simusir), meaning ''Large Island'' in Ainu, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It was formerly known as Marikan. History At the time of European contact, Simushir was inhabited by the Ainu. The island appears on an official map showing the territories of Matsumae Domain, a feudal domain of Edo period Japan dated 1644, and these holdings were officially confirmed by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1715. Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov was marooned on Simushir in the early 1770s. He spent a full year subsisting on "scallops, grass, and roots". Sovereignty initially passed to Russia under the terms of the Treaty of Shimoda, but was returned to the Empire of Japan per the Treaty of Saint Petersburg along with the rest of the Kuril islands. The island was formerly administered as part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketoy
Ketoy (or ''Ketoi'') (russian: Кетой; Japanese 計吐夷島; Ketoi-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "skeleton" or "bad". Geography The shape of the island is almost circular: approximately 10 km in length by approximately 9 km in width, with an area of The length of the coastline is 38.3 kilometers. Despite its relatively small area, the island has much landscape diversity, which is explained by its complex geomorphology, in which there are stratovolcanic cones, calderas, lava flows, volcanic plateaus, various valleys, high and steep coastal ledges, sea terraces, and rocky beaches. The steep cliffs ranging from 30 metres to 60 metres on the east and south sides with the west and north being taller. The beaches on the island consist of boulders and stones. The rivers and streams are numerous: mostly f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ushishir
Ushishir (russian: Ушишир; Japanese: 宇志知島; Ushishiru-tō; Ainu: ウシシㇼ, lit. "Land of the bay") is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands and several reefs, all being parts of an eponymous partially submerged volcano, located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "hot spring". Geology Ushishir consists of two islets almost connected by a narrow spit of land with an area of . These islets are the tops of a partially submerged volcano. The southern island, Yankicha (russian: Янкича ), consists of the summit caldera and has a maximum width of . The caldera has a diameter of , and is breached on the south, forming a sea-water Crater Bay. The bay has an estimated depth of , and there is strong evidence of ongoing underwater volcanic activity, as evidenced by frequent bubbles, altered water chemistry and the presence of bacteria mats. Two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasshua
Rasshua (russian: Расшуа, ja, 羅処和島), is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, from Ushishir and southwest of Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for “fur coat”. Geology Rasshua is roughly oval, with a length of with a width of , and an area of . The island is a complex stratovolcano with three overlapping central cones within a 6 kilometer caldera whose eastern margin is beyond the shoreline. The island has five small fresh water lakes, and numerous hot springs. Rasshua Peak (russian: влк. Расшуа, ja, 幌茶々登山, Horochachanobori-yama), in the west of the island is the island’s highest point at . The peak has not erupted in historic times, although it emits quantities of volcanic gas and its sides are streaked with sulfur deposits. The easternmost cone ( ja, 長頭山, Chōtōzan; (russian: гора Циото) with a height of , vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matua (island)
Matua (russian: Матуа, ja, 松輪島, Matsuwa-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, across Golovnin Strait from Raikoke. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “hellmouth”. History Hunting and fishing parties of the Ainu have long visited Matua, but the island had no permanent habitation at the time of European contact. It appears on an official map showing the territories of the Matsumae Domain, a feudal domain of Edo period Japan dated 1644, and the Tokugawa shogunate officially confirmed these holdings in 1715. Some early European documents refer to the island as ''Raukoke''. The Empire of Russia claimed sovereignty over the island, which initially passed to Russia under the terms of the Treaty of Shimoda (1855), but reverted to the Empire of Japan per the Treaty of Saint Petersburg along with the rest of the Kuril islands. Japan formerly administered Matu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
