Paramushir

Also known as Haramushiru

Paramushir (; ) is a volcanic island in the northern portion of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is separated from Shumshu by the very narrow Second Kuril Strait in the northeast , from Antsiferov by the Luzhin Strait () to the southwest, from Atlasov in the northwest by , and from Onekotan in the south by the wide Fourth Kuril Strait. Its northern tip is from Cape Lopatka at the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Severo-Kurilsk, the administrative center of the Severo-Kurilsky district, is the only permanently populated settlement on Param

Key facts

Islands.name: Paramushir
Islands.image_name: MapParamushir.png
Islands.image_caption: Map of Paramushir Island
Islands.pushpin_map: Russia Sakhalin Oblast
Islands.pushpin_map_relief: 1
Islands.map_image: Kuriles Paramushir.PNG
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Kuril Island
Islands.area_km2: 2053
Islands.length_km: 100
Islands.width_km: 20
Islands.highest_mount: Chikurachki
Islands.elevation_m: 1816
Islands.country: Russia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Oblast
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Sakhalin Oblast
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: District
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Severo-Kurilsky

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Severo-Kurilsky District
Capital: Severo-Kurilsk
Population: 2470
Area: 2471
Elevation: 1816
Time zone: UTC+12:00
Body of water: Fourth Kuril Strait
Highest point: Chikurachki
Image: Paramushir, Atlasov, Shumshu - Landsat 7.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Paramushir
Commons category: Paramushir
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
name in kana: ぱらむしるとう
located in/on physical feature: Paramushir

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Article · Italiano

L'isola Paramušir (in russo: Парамушир?; in giapponese 幌筵島 Paramushiru-tō?) è un'isola dell'arcipelago delle Isole Curili, situata tra il Mare di Ochotsk e l'Oceano Pacifico settentrionale. Amministrativamente fa parte del Severo-Kuril'skij rajon dell'oblast' di Sachalin, nel Circondario federale dell'Estremo Oriente. Il suo nome deriva dalla lingua ainu e significa "vasta isola" o "isola popolosa". Severo-Kuril'sk, il centro amministrativo del rajon di Severo-Kuril'skij, è l'unico insediamento permanente di Paramušir e contava, nel 2006, 2.470 abitanti. La città si trova a nord-est (50°40′39.71″N 156°08′21.81″E / 50.677697°N 156.139392°E) e si affaccia sullo stretto Vtoroj Kuril'skij (Второй курильский пролив; in italiano "Secondo stretto delle Curili").

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