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Shiashkotan
Shiashkotan. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Shiashkotan (Russian: Шиашкотан) (Japanese: 捨子古丹島; Shasukotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, separated from Ekarma by the Ekarma Strait. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “Konbu village”.

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

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