Moneron Island

Russia / Sahalin / Shebunino /
 island, volcano, nature conservation park / area

Moneron Island, (Russian: Монерон, Japanese: 海馬島 Kaibato, Ainu: Todomoshiri) is a Russian possession located off Sakhalin Island.
Moneron has an area of about 30 square kilometres (12 sq mi) and a highest point of 429 metres (1,407 ft). It is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long (N/S axis) by 3.5 miles (5.6 km) wide, and is located 41 nautical miles (76 km) from Sakhalin's port of Nevelsk and about 24 nautical miles (44 km) directly southwest of Sakhalin Island itself at the northeastern end of the Sea of Japan. It has no permanent population.
The island was known as Todomoshiri ("island of sea lions") by its original Ainu inhabitants. It came under the daimyo of Matsumae clan in the 18th century and got its current European name from a visit of the French navigator La Perouse, who named it Moneron after Paul Mérault Monneron, the chief engineer of his expedition. Latterly, the Japanese named it Kaibatō (海馬島), which was a Sinicized rendition of its Ainu name, but it reverted to its European name after Japan's defeat in World War II and its occupation by the Soviet Union.

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Coordinates:   46°15'24"N   141°14'12"E
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