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Chirinkotan (Чиринкотан; 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.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Active volcano, Ainu language, Crested auklet, Ekarma, Empire of Japan, Hokkaido, Japanese language, Kuril Islands, List of volcanoes in Russia, NASA, Nemuro Subprefecture, Pacific Ocean, Parakeet auklet, Russia, Russian Empire, Sakhalin Oblast, Sea of Okhotsk, Sovereignty, Soviet Union, Stratovolcano, Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875), Types of volcanic eruptions, Volcanic island, Whiskered auklet, World War II.

  2. Calderas of Russia
  3. Islands of the Kuril Islands
  4. Mountains of the Kuril Islands
  5. Uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean
  6. Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands

Active volcano

An active volcano is a volcano that has erupted during the Holocene (the current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ago), is currently erupting, or has the potential to erupt in the future. Chirinkotan and active volcano are active volcanoes.

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Ainu language

Ainu (アイヌ・イタㇰ), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu (北海道アイヌ語), is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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Crested auklet

The crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a small seabird of the family Alcidae, distributed throughout the northern Pacific and the Bering Sea.

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Ekarma

Ekarma (Экарма; Japanese 越渇磨島; Ekaruma-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 Shiashkotan by the Ekarma Strait. Chirinkotan and Ekarma are active volcanoes, Holocene stratovolcanoes, islands of the Kuril Islands, islands of the Russian Far East, islands of the Sea of Okhotsk, Mountains of the Kuril Islands, Stratovolcanoes of Russia, uninhabited islands of Russia, uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean and volcanoes of the Kuril Islands.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Kuril Islands

The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (p; Japanese: or) are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. Chirinkotan and Kuril Islands are islands of the Russian Far East, islands of the Sea of Okhotsk and Stratovolcanoes of Russia.

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List of volcanoes in Russia

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nemuro Subprefecture

is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Parakeet auklet

The parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula) is a small seabird of the North Pacific.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Sakhalin Oblast

Sakhalin Oblast (p) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East.

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Sea of Okhotsk

The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, Japan's island of Hokkaido on the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.

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Sovereignty

Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra.

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Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (Karafuto-Chishima Kōkan Jōyaku; Петербургский договор) between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire was signed on 7 May 1875, and its ratifications exchanged at Tokyo on 22 August 1875.

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Types of volcanic eruptions

Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which material is expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists.

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Volcanic island

Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin.

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Whiskered auklet

The whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) is a small seabird of the auk family.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Calderas of Russia

Islands of the Kuril Islands

Mountains of the Kuril Islands

Uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean

Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirinkotan