Broutona
остров Броутона
46°43′N 150°44′E
Broutona (Russian: остров Броутона; Japanese: 武魯頓島, romanized: Buroton-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the southern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
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46°43′N 150°44′E
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Broutona (Russian: остров Броутона; Japanese: 武魯頓島, romanized: Buroton-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the southern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from William Robert Broughton, a British ship captain who charted many of the Kuril Islands during his voyages during the 18th century. Its original Ainu name was Makanrur, which translates roughly to "island in a strong current".
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- ТананыкинАА DSCF1329л. Anton Tananykin / CC BY-SA 4.0