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    Antsiferov Island

    Остров Анциферова, Anziferow-Insel

    50°12′N 154°59′E

    Antsiferov Island (Russian: Остров Анциферова), also known as Shirinki Island (Japanese: 志林規島, Hepburn: Shirinki-tō; Russian: Остров Ширинки), is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the northern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

    志林規島 志林規島蓮華岳
    志林規島 志林規島蓮華岳

    敷香 at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    50°12′N 154°59′E

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    Overview

    Antsiferov Island (Russian: Остров Анциферова), also known as Shirinki Island (Japanese: 志林規島, Hepburn: Shirinki-tō; Russian: Остров Ширинки), is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the northern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its Japanese name derives from the Ainu language for "place of tall waves". Its nearest neighbor is Paramushir, located 15 km away across the Luzhin Strait. It is currently named for the cossack explorer Danila Antsiferov, who first described it along with other northern Kuril islands in the early eighteenth century.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in North Kurils

    Also in Kuril Islands

    • Iturup

      3,163 km²▲ 1,634 m

      Major islands

    • Paramushir

      2,031 km²▲ 1,816 m

      Major islands

    • Kunashir

      1,485 km²▲ 1,819 m

      Major islands

    • Urup

      1,419 km²▲ 1,348 m

      Major islands

    • Onekotan

      428 km²▲ 1,325 m

      Major islands

    • Shumshu

      382 km²▲ 189 m

      Minor islands

    • Simushir

      336 km²▲ 1,540 m

      Minor islands

    • Shikotan

      246 km²▲ 405 m

      Minor islands

    Also in islands of Sakhalin Oblast

    • Sakhalin

      74,571 km²▲ 1,609 m

      Major islands

    • Iturup

      3,163 km²▲ 1,634 m

      Minor islands

    • Paramushir

      2,031 km²▲ 1,816 m

      Minor islands

    • Kunashir

      1,485 km²▲ 1,819 m

      Minor islands

    • Urup

      1,419 km²▲ 1,348 m

      Minor islands

    • Onekotan

      428 km²▲ 1,325 m

      Minor islands

    • Shumshu

      382 km²▲ 189 m

      Minor islands

    • Simushir

      336 km²▲ 1,540 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Pacific Islands

    • New Guinea

      774,566 km²▲ 4,884 m

      Major islands

    • Japan

      377,974 km²

      Major islands

    • New Zealand

      268,021 km²

      Major islands

    • Honshu

      227,970 km²▲ 3,776 m

      Major islands

    • Luzon

      104,935 km²▲ 2,928 m

      Major islands

    • Mindanao

      93,885 km²▲ 2,954 m

      Major islands

    • Hokkaido

      77,983 km²▲ 2,291 m

      Minor islands

    • Sakhalin

      74,571 km²▲ 1,609 m

      Minor islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs