Ushishir
Also known as Ushishiru
thumb|Caldera and bay of Yankicha Ushishir (; Japanese: 宇志知島; Ushishiru-tō; Ainu: ウシシㇼ, lit. "Land of the bay") is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands and several reefs, all being parts of an eponymous partially submerged volcano, 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 "hot spring".
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Ushishir
- Islands.native_name
- Ушишир 宇志知島
- Islands.image_name
- Ushisir islands.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Ushishir Island
- Islands.area_km2
- 5
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Ushishir.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.country
- Russia
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mikasayama
- Islands.elevation_m
- 401
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.ethnic_groups
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Geology
- Fauna
- History
- See also
- References
- External links
- Notes
- Further reading
thumb|Caldera and bay of Yankicha Ushishir (; Japanese: 宇志知島; Ushishiru-tō; Ainu: ウシシㇼ, lit. "Land of the bay") is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands and several reefs, all being parts of an eponymous partially submerged volcano, 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 "hot spring".
==Geology== Ushishir consists of two islets almost connected by a narrow spit of land with an area of .
On the map
2 mapped locations