Chirinkotan
Chirinkotan (; Japanese 知林古丹島; Chirinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "mudslide". It is located west of Ekarma, its nearest neighbor.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Chirinkotan
- Islands.native_name
- Чиринкотан 知林古丹島
- Islands.image_name
- Chirinkotan (ISS067-E-300344).jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Astronaut photograph of Chirinkotan Island from the International Space Station
- Islands.area_km2
- 6
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Chirinkotan.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.country
- Russia
- Islands.highest_mount
- Masaochi Peak volcano (last eruption 2013 to 2014)
- Islands.elevation_m
- 742
- Islands.population
- 0
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Chirinkotan (; Japanese 知林古丹島; Chirinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "mudslide". It is located west of Ekarma, its nearest neighbor.
thumb|Topographic map of Shiashkotan and nearby islands including Chirinkotan
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Active volcanoesCalderas of RussiaHolocene stratovolcanoesIslands of the Kuril IslandsIslands of the Russian Far EastIslands of the Sea of OkhotskMountains of the Kuril IslandsStratovolcanoes of RussiaUninhabited islands of RussiaUninhabited islands of the Pacific OceanVolcanoes of the Kuril Islands