Ketoy
Sign in to saveKetoy (or Ketoi) (; 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".
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Ketoy
- Islands.native_name
- Кетой 計吐夷島
- Islands.image_name
- Ketoj.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Oblique astronaut photograph of Ketoy, with both crater lakes visible
- Islands.area_km2
- 73
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Ketoy.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.country
- Russia
- Islands.highest_mount
- Ketoy
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1172
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Ainu (formerly)
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Ketoy (or Ketoi) (; 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".
thumb|Topographic map of Ketoy thumb|Astronaut photograph of Ketoy from the International Space Station
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Active volcanoesCalderas of RussiaHolocene stratovolcanoesIslands of the Kuril IslandsIslands of the Russian Far EastIslands of the Sea of OkhotskMountains of the Kuril IslandsStratovolcanoes of RussiaUninhabited islands of RussiaUninhabited islands of the Pacific OceanVolcanoes of the Kuril Islands