Shiashkotan
alt=Shiashkotan Island|thumb|264x264px|Shiashkotan Island Shiashkotan () (; Shasukotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, separated from Ekarma by the Ekarma Strait. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “Konbu village”.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Shiashkotan
- Islands.native_name
- Шиашкотан 捨子古丹島
- Islands.image_name
- Shiashkotan Island NASA.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Landsat view of Shiashkotan Island
- Islands.area_km2
- 122
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Shiashkotan.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.country
- Russia
- Islands.highest_mount
- Pik Sinarka
- Islands.elevation_m
- 944
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.ethnic_groups
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Geology
- History
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
alt=Shiashkotan Island|thumb|264x264px|Shiashkotan Island Shiashkotan () (; Shasukotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, separated from Ekarma by the Ekarma Strait. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “Konbu village”.
thumb|Topographic map of Shiashkotan