Shikotan
Sign in to saveShikotan, also known as Shpanberg or Spanberg, is an island in the Kurils administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast. It is claimed by Japan as the titular Shikotan District, organized as part of Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture. The island's primary economic activities are fisheries and fishing, with the principal marine products being cod, crab, and kelp.
Key facts
- Islands.disputed
- yes
- Islands.name
- Shikotan
- Islands.other_names
- Shpanberg, Spanberg
- Islands.image_name
- ShikotanSTS112-E-5660k.PNG
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Shikotan Island
- Islands.image_map
- 300px
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.total_islands
- 1
- Islands.area_km2
- 225
- Islands.elevation_m
- 412
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mount Shakotan
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Federal subject
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Sakhalin Oblast
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- District
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Yuzhno-Kurilsky
- Islands.country1_admin_divisions_title_1
- Prefecture
- Islands.country1_admin_divisions_1
- Hokkaido
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Shikotan, also known as Shpanberg or Spanberg, is an island in the Kurils administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast. It is claimed by Japan as the titular Shikotan District, organized as part of Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture. The island's primary economic activities are fisheries and fishing, with the principal marine products being cod, crab, and kelp.
==Names== The English name '' transcribes both the Japanese name and the Russian name . The Japanese name derives from the Ainu (), which means "large village". The name combines the Ainu reflexive or embellishing prefix si- and the word kotan ("settlement, village"), used metonymically in Ainu for each of the islands of the Kurils.