Shiashkotan Island
Shiashkotan 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 Ekarma by the Ekarma Strait. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “Konbu village”.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Russia
- Also known as: “Ostrov Shiyashkotan”, “Ostrov Syasikotan”, “Shashikotan-jima”, “Shashukutan-tō”, “Shasukotan”, “Shasukotan-jima”, “Shasukotan-tō”, “Shiashkotan”, and “Syasukotan Tō”
- Historically known as: “Shiash-Kotan Island”
Shiashkotan Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Shiashkotan Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Achinese to Turkish—“Shiashkotan Island” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo Shiashkotan”
- Afrikaans: “Sjiasjkotan”
- Asturian: “Shiashkotan”
- Azerbaijani: “Şiaşkotan”
- Basque: “Shiashkotan”
- Basque: “Xiaxkotan”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Шыяшкотан”
- Belarusian: “Шыяшкотан”
- Catalan: “Shiashkotan”
- Catalan: “Xiaixkotan”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Shiashkotan”
- Chinese: “希阿沙科坦岛”
- Chinese: “希阿沙科坦島”
- Chinese: “捨子古丹島”
- Chinese: “舍子古丹岛”
- Chinese: “舍子古丹島”
- Croatian: “Šiaškotan”
- Czech: “Šiaškotan”
- Dutch: “Sjiasjkotan”
- Estonian: “Šiaškotan”
- French: “Chiachkotan”
- German: “Schiaschkotan”
- German: “Shasukotan”
- Hebrew: “שיאשקוטן”
- Italian: “Šiaškotan”
- Japanese: “シアシュコタン島”
- Japanese: “シャスコタン島”
- Japanese: “捨子古丹島”
- Korean: “시아시코탄섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjiasjkotan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjiasjkotan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Шиашкотан”
- Norwegian: “Sjiasjkotan”
- Persian: “شیاشکوتان”
- Russian: “Кривой”
- Russian: “Остров Шиашкотан”
- Russian: “Шиашкотан”
- Spanish: “Shiashkotan”
- Turkish: “Şiaşkotan Adası”
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