Matua Island

Matua is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the chain in the in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 km across Golovnin Strait from . Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “hellmouth”.
Wikipedia
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 817 metres (2,680 feet)
  • Description: island in Russia
  • Also known as
    “Matau Island”
    “Matsua-jima”
    “Matsuwa”
    “Matsuwa Island”
    “Matsuwa-jima”
    “Matsuwa-tō”
    “Matua”
    “Matuwa Tô”
    “Ostrov Matsuva”
    “Ushichi Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sarychev Peak.
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Matua Island

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Latitude
48.08333° or 48° 5′ north
Longitude
153.21667° or 153° 13′ east
Open location code
8RWM36M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2123413
Wiki­data ID
Q1321247

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Ukrainian—“Matua Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pulo Matua”
  • Afrikaans: “Matoea”
  • Azerbaijani: “Matua adası”
  • Basque: “Matua”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Матуа”
  • Belarusian: “Матуа”
  • Bulgarian: “Матуа”
  • Catalan: “ostrov Matua”
  • Cebuano: “Ostrov Matua”
  • Chinese: “松輪島”
  • Chinese: “松轮岛”
  • Chinese: “馬圖阿島”
  • Chinese: “马图阿岛”
  • Czech: “Matua”
  • Dutch: “Matoea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماتوا”
  • French: “Matoua”
  • German: “Matsua”
  • German: “Matsuwa”
  • German: “Matua”
  • Hebrew: “מאטואה”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Matua”
  • Italian: “Isola di Matua”
  • Italian: “Matua”
  • Japanese: “サリチェフ山”
  • Japanese: “マツワ島”
  • Japanese: “マトゥア島”
  • Japanese: “松輪島”
  • Kazakh: “Matwa”
  • Kazakh: “Матуа”
  • Kazakh: “ماتۋا”
  • Korean: “마투아섬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Matua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Matsuwa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Matua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Матуа”
  • Norwegian: “Matua”
  • Persian: “جزیره ماتوآ”
  • Polish: “Matua”
  • Russian: “Матуа”
  • Russian: “Мацуа”
  • Russian: “Остров Матуа”
  • Russian: “Уригикай”
  • Spanish: “Matua”
  • Turkish: “Matua Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Матуа”

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