Broughton Bay
Brouton Bay is a bay formed within the volcanic caldera of Urataman volcano at the northern end of Simushir Island in the Kuril Islands, Russia. The bay is named for William Robert Broughton, who surveyed Simushir in October 1796.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Bay
- Description: cove on Simushir Island, Russia
- Also known as: “Brouton Bay” and “Buroton-wan”
Broughton Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.14471° or 47° 8′ 41″ north
Longitude
152.22185° or 152° 13′ 19″ east
Open location code
8RVJ46VC+VP
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Slovenian—“Broughton Bay” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Brouton Bay”
- Cebuano: “Bukhta Broutona”
- Chinese: “布劳顿湾”
- Chinese: “布勞頓灣”
- Chinese: “武鲁顿湾”
- Dutch: “Broutonbaai”
- Japanese: “武魯頓湾”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Broutonbukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Broutonbukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Broutounabukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bukhta Broutona”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Бухта Броутона”
- Norwegian: “Broutonbukta”
- Russian: “Броутона”
- Russian: “Бухта Броутона”
- Slovenian: “Broutonov zaliv”
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