Raikoke Island

Raikoke, also spelled Raykoke, is, as of 2019, a Russian uninhabited volcanic island near the centre of the chain in the in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometres distant from the island of .
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Russia
  • Also known as: Raikoke”, “Raikoke-jima”, “Raikoke-shima”, and “Raikoke-tō

Raikoke Island

Latitude
48.29287° or 48° 17′ 34″ north
Longitude
153.25198° or 153° 15′ 7″ east
Elevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)
Open location code
8RWM77V2+4Q
Geo­Names ID
2121674
Wiki­data ID
Q1464465
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Ukrainian—“Raikoke Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Pulo Raikoke
  • Afrikaans: Raikoke
  • Azerbaijani: Raykoke adası
  • Basque: Raikoke
  • Belarusian: Востраў Райкоке
  • Belarusian: Райкоке
  • Bulgarian: Райкоке
  • Catalan: Raikoke
  • Cebuano: Ostrov Raykoke
  • Chinese: 雷公計島
  • Chinese: 雷公计岛
  • Chinese: 雷科克岛
  • Chinese: 雷科克島
  • Czech: Raikoke
  • Dutch: Raikoke
  • French: Raikoke
  • German: Raikoke
  • Hebrew: ראיקוקה
  • Indonesian: Raikoke
  • Italian: Rajkoke
  • Japanese: ライコケ島
  • Japanese: 雷公計島
  • Korean: 라이코케섬
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rajkoke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Raikoke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rajkoke
  • Norwegian: Rajkoke
  • Persian: رایکوکه
  • Polish: Raikoke
  • Polish: Rajkokie
  • Russian: Остров Райкоке
  • Russian: Райкоке
  • Russian: Столповой
  • Spanish: Raikoke
  • Turkish: Raykoke Adası
  • Ukrainian: Райкоке

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