Shiashkotan
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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”.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Shiashkotan is referenced by 149 other articles, and connects out to Russia, Hokkaido and Kharimkotan.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Active volcanoes, Calderas of Russia and Islands of the Kuril Islands.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Ainu (formerly)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Severo-Kurilsky District
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 122
- Body of water
- Ekarma Strait
- Image
- Shiashkotan Island NASA.jpg
- Width
- 9
- Length
- 20.5
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- Commons category
- Shiashkotan
- name in kana
- しゃすこたんとう
- located in/on physical feature
- Kuril Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shiashkotan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
2 mapped locations