Simushir Island
Simushir, meaning Large Island in Ainu, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It was formerly known as Marikan.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Kuril Islands, Russia
- Also known as: “Ostrov Sinsiru”, “Shimoshiru-tō”, “Shimushiri”, “Shimushiru”, “Shimushiru Jima”, “Simushir”, “Simusiru Tô”, and “Sinsiru”
Simushir Island
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Simushir Island” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo Simushir”
- Afrikaans: “Simoesjir”
- Asturian: “Islla Simushir”
- Azerbaijani: “Simuşir”
- Basque: “Simushir”
- Basque: “Simuxir”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Сімушыр”
- Belarusian: “Сімушыр”
- Bulgarian: “Симушир”
- Catalan: “ostrov Simušir”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Simushir”
- Chinese: “希穆希尔岛”
- Chinese: “希穆希爾島”
- Chinese: “新知岛”
- Chinese: “新知島”
- Czech: “Simušir”
- Dutch: “Simoesjir”
- Esperanto: “Simuŝir”
- French: “Simouchir”
- French: “Simushir”
- German: “Shimushiru”
- German: “Shinshiru”
- German: “Simuschir”
- German: “Simushir”
- Greek: “Σιμουσίρ”
- Hebrew: “סימושיר”
- Italian: “Simušir”
- Japanese: “シムシル島”
- Japanese: “新知島”
- Korean: “시무시르섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simusjir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Simusjir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Симушир”
- Norwegian: “Simusjir”
- Persian: “سیموشیر”
- Russian: “Марикан”
- Russian: “Остров Симушир”
- Russian: “Симушир”
- Russian: “Шимушир”
- Slovak: “Marikan”
- Slovak: “Simušir”
- Slovenian: “Simušir”
- Spanish: “Simushir”
- Swedish: “Shimushiru-tō”
- Swedish: “Simusjir”
- Turkish: “Simushir”
- Turkish: “Simuşir”
- Vietnamese: “Simushir”
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