Simushir
Sign in to saveSimushir (, , ), 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
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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.
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Calderas of RussiaIslands of the Kuril IslandsIslands of the Russian Far EastIslands of the Sea of OkhotskMountains of the Kuril IslandsRussian and Soviet Navy submarine basesSimushirStratovolcanoes of RussiaUninhabited islands of RussiaUninhabited islands of the Pacific OceanVolcanoes of the Kuril Islands