Paramushir Island

Paramushir is a volcanic island in the northern portion of the chain in the in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is separated from by the very narrow in the northeast 2.5 km, from by the to the southwest, from in the northwest by 20 km, and from in the south by the 40 km wide .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Kuril Islands, Russia
  • Also known as: Haramushiru”, “Horomushiro-shima”, “Ostrov Paramusir”, “Paramushir”, “Paramushiro-tō”, “Paramushiru-jima”, “Paramushiru-to”, and “Paramusiru Tō

Paramushir Island

Latitude
50.35806° or 50° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
155.78917° or 155° 47′ 21″ east
Population
2,470
Elevation
337 metres (1,106 feet)
Open location code
9R2Q9Q5Q+6M
Geo­Names ID
2122231
Wiki­data ID
Q818749
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Paramushir Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Pulo Paramushir
  • Afrikaans: Paramoesjir
  • Arabic: جزيرة باراموشير
  • Azerbaijani: Paramuşir
  • Basque: Paramushir
  • Basque: Paramuxir
  • Belarusian: Востраў Парамушыр
  • Belarusian: Парамушыр
  • Bulgarian: Парамушир
  • Catalan: Paramuixir
  • Cebuano: Ostrov Paramushir
  • Chinese: 帕拉穆希尔岛
  • Chinese: 帕拉穆希爾島
  • Chinese: 幌筵岛
  • Chinese: 幌筵島
  • Czech: Paramušir
  • Dutch: Paramoesjir
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره باراموشير
  • Esperanto: Paramuŝir
  • Estonian: Paramušir
  • Estonian: Paramuširi saar
  • French: Paramouchir
  • French: Paramushir
  • Galician: Paramushir
  • German: Paramuschir
  • German: Paramushiru
  • Greek: Παραμουσίρ
  • Hebrew: פרמושיר
  • Indonesian: Paramushir
  • Italian: Paramushir
  • Italian: Paramušir
  • Japanese: パラムシル島
  • Japanese: ホロムシロ島
  • Japanese: 幌筵島
  • Japanese: 波羅茂知島
  • Kazakh: Парамушир
  • Kirghiz: Парамушир
  • Korean: 파라무시로 섬
  • Korean: 파라무시르섬
  • Korean: 포로무시리 섬
  • Latvian: Paramušira
  • Lithuanian: Paramuširas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Paramusjir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Paramushiro
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Paramusjir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Парамушир
  • Norwegian: Paramusjir
  • Ossetian: Парамушир
  • Persian: پاراموشیر
  • Polish: Paramuszyr
  • Portuguese: Horomushiru
  • Portuguese: Paramushir
  • Portuguese: Paramushiru
  • Russian: Остров Парамушир
  • Russian: Парамушир
  • Slovak: Paramušir
  • Spanish: Isla de Paramushir
  • Spanish: Paramushir
  • Turkish: Paramuşir Adası
  • Ukrainian: Парамушир
  • Vietnamese: Paramushir

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