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Kharimkotan. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Harimkotan (Russian: Харимкотан, romanized: Kharimkotan; Japanese: 春牟古丹島, romanized: Harimukotan-tō / Harumukotan-tō; alternatively 加林古丹島, Karinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located 15 km (9 mi) from Onekotan near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from 'village of many Cardiocrinum.'

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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