Raikoke
Райкоке
48°18′N 153°15′E
9 mi) distant from the island of Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from the Hokkaido Ainu word "hellmouth".
Terrain
48°18′N 153°15′E
Overview
Raikoke or Raykoke (Russian: Райкоке; Japanese: 雷公計島, romanized: Raikoke-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) distant from the island of Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from the Hokkaido Ainu word "hellmouth".
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Nearest islands
Also in Middle Kurils
Also in Kuril Islands
Also in islands of Sakhalin Oblast
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Minor islands
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Minor islands
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1,419 km²▲ 1,348 m
Minor islands
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428 km²▲ 1,325 m
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Shumshu
382 km²▲ 189 m
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Simushir
336 km²▲ 1,540 m
Minor islands
Also in Pacific Islands
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774,566 km²▲ 4,884 m
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268,021 km²
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227,970 km²▲ 3,776 m
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104,935 km²▲ 2,928 m
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93,885 km²▲ 2,954 m
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Hokkaido
77,983 km²▲ 2,291 m
Minor islands
Sakhalin
74,571 km²▲ 1,609 m
Minor islands
Photographs
Raikoke Island as seen from the Golovin Strait
Хронология эксплозивной активности вулкана Райкоке в период 21–25 июня 2019 г., по спутниковым данным Himawari-8.
Volcanic eruoption of Raikoke on the Kamchatka Peninsula on June 22, 2019 NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day for June 25, 2019
Raikoke Volcano on the Kuril Islands rarely erupts. However that all achnaged around 4:00 a.m. local time on June 22, 2019... ISS Exp 59 was at hand to take some images. Red/Cyan Anaglyph.
NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team / Public domain
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Photographs
- Raikoke Volcano ash cloud, Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia - June 22nd, 2019 (48110342546). Pierre Markuse from Hamm, Germany / CC BY 2.0
- Raikoke. Bigwumpus / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Raikoke Volcano ash cloud, Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia - June 25th, 2019 (48128985682). Pierre Markuse from Hamm, Germany / CC BY 2.0
- Raikoke spits ash (48120686057). European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Извержение вулкана Райкоке (2019 год). ДЕГТЕРЕВ А.В., ЧИБИСОВА М.В. / CC BY 3.0
- Iss059e119250 lrg eruption of Raikoke. Astronaut photograph ISS059-E-119250 was acquired on June 22, 2019, with a Nikon D5 digital camera and is provided by th / CC BY 2.0
- Raikoke Volcano Erupts (48132762546). Astronaut photograph ISS059-E-119250 was acquired on June 22, 2019, with a Nikon D5 digital camera and is provided by th / CC BY 2.0
- Raikoke vir 2019173 lrg. NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview an / Public domain
- Raikoke Volcano, 2019 (50700003478). NOAASatellites / Public domain
- Raikoke Volcano 3D Anaglyph. (48134162576). Nathanial Bradford from UK / CC BY 2.0
- Raikoke Island, Kuril Islands (ASTER). NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team / Public domain
- Sonderausstellung Dünnes Eis Komm mit auf Klima-Expedition! (Exhibition) 38. Wikitarisch / CC BY 4.0