Shikotan Island
Russia /
Sahalin /
Yuzhno-Kurilsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Sahalin
/ Yuzhno-Kurilsk
, 101 km from center (Южно-Курильск)
World / Russia / Sakhalin
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Shikotan is an island in the Kurils administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast.
The total land area of Shikotan is 225 km². The island is hilly, averaging 300 metres in elevation. The shores of the island are very indented and covered with oceanic meadows. The highest altitude is 412 m. The island is formed by the volcanic rock and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic periods. There are two extinct volcanoes on Shikotan: Mount Tomari and Mount Notoro.
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The total land area of Shikotan is 225 km². The island is hilly, averaging 300 metres in elevation. The shores of the island are very indented and covered with oceanic meadows. The highest altitude is 412 m. The island is formed by the volcanic rock and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic periods. There are two extinct volcanoes on Shikotan: Mount Tomari and Mount Notoro.
Google-panoramas:
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikotan
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Coordinates: 43°47'43"N 146°45'7"E
- Polonskogo Island 42 km
- Iturup 196 km
- Urup Island 342 km
- Brat Chirpoev 435 km
- Chirpoy 443 km
- Simushir Island 539 km
- Ketoy Island 594 km
- Rasshua 656 km
- Matua 691 km
- Shiashkotan 794 km
- Krabovaya bay 3.6 km
- Snezhkova bay 3.9 km
- Tank turrets' section 7 km
- Dimitrova bay 7.2 km
- Tserkovnaya bay (Ayvazovskogo bay) 7.6 km
- Delfin Bay 11 km
- Zvezdnaya bay 12 km
- Mayachnaya bay 13 km
- Lesser Kuril Chain 34 km
- Small Kurils (Habomai) 35 km
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