Ushishir

Ushishir is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands and several reefs, all being parts of an eponymous partially submerged volcano, located in the centre of the chain in the in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 401 metres
  • Description: island group in Kuril Islands, Russia
  • Also known as: “Ushishiru”

Ushishir

Latitude
47.515° or 47° 30′ 54″ north
Longitude
152.8022° or 152° 48′ 8″ east
Elevation
401 metres (1,316 feet)
Open location code
8RVJGR82+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281915827
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Wiki­data ID
Q742414
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Ukrainian—“Ushishir” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pulo Ushishir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uşişir adaları”
  • Basque: “Ushishir uharteak”
  • Basque: “Uxixir”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Ушышыр”
  • Belarusian: “Ушышыр”
  • Catalan: “ostrova Ušišir”
  • Catalan: “Uixixir”
  • Cebuano: “Ostrova Ushishir”
  • Cebuano: “Ostrova Usisiru”
  • Cebuano: “Useshiri”
  • Cebuano: “Ushishir Island”
  • Cebuano: “Ushishiri-jima”
  • Cebuano: “Ushishiru Shima”
  • Cebuano: “Ushishiru To”
  • Cebuano: “Usisiru Tô”
  • Chinese: “乌希希尔岛”
  • Chinese: “宇志知岛”
  • Chinese: “宇志知島”
  • Chinese: “烏希希爾島”
  • Czech: “Ostrovy Ušišir”
  • Czech: “Ušišir”
  • Dutch: “Oesjisjir”
  • German: “Uschischir”
  • Indonesian: “Ushishir”
  • Italian: “Ušišir”
  • Japanese: “ウシシル島”
  • Japanese: “みかさ やま”
  • Japanese: “宇志知島”
  • Japanese: “御笠山”
  • Korean: “우시시르섬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Usjisjir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Usjisjir”
  • Norwegian: “Usjisjir”
  • Persian: “اوشیشیر”
  • Portuguese: “Ushishir”
  • Russian: “остров Четырнадцатый”
  • Russian: “Ушишир”
  • Russian: “Четырнадцатый”
  • Spanish: “Islas Ushishir”
  • Turkish: “Uşişir Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Ушишир”

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