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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  • Volcano rising to 401 metres (1,316 feet)
  • …is also known as “Ushishiru”
  • Description: island group in Kuril Islands, Russia

Ushishir

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Latitude
47.515° or 47° 30′ 54″ north
Longitude
152.8022° or 152° 48′ 8″ east
Open location code
8RVJGR82+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281915827
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Wiki­data ID
Q742414

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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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