Simushir
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Simushir (, , ), meaning Large Island in Ainu, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It was formerly known as Marikan.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Simushir
- Islands.native_name
- Симушир 新知島
- Islands.image_name
- Simushir ISS015-E-26171.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Simushir Island
- Islands.area_km2
- 227.6
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Simushir.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.country
- Russia
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1540
- Islands.population
- 0
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geology
- Climate
- Fauna
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Simushir (, , ), meaning Large Island in Ainu, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It was formerly known as Marikan.
thumb|Topographic map of Simushir thumb|Detailed map of Simushir
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simushir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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