Broutona
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Broutona (; 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 name was Makanrur, which translates roughly to "island in a strong current".
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Broutona
- Islands.native_name
- Броутона武魯頓島
- Islands.image_name
- Broutona Landsat.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Landsat Image of Broutona
- Islands.area_km2
- 7
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Broutona.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.country
- Russia
- Islands.elevation_m
- 801
- Islands.population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kurilsky District
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 7
- Elevation
- 801
- Body of water
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Image
- Broutona Landsat.jpg
- Width
- 3.2
- Length
- 4.5
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- Broutona
- name in kana
- ぶろとんとう
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geology
- History
- Fauna
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Broutona (; 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 name was Makanrur, 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 Brat Chirpoyev.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Broutona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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