Ushishir (Russian: Ушишир; Japanese: 宇志知島; Ushishiru-tō; Ainu: ウシシㇼ, lit. "Land of the bay") is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands and several reefs, all being parts of an eponymous partially submerged volcano, located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "hot spring".
Ushishir (Russian: Ушишир; Japanese: 宇志知島; Ushishiru-tō; Ainu: ウシシㇼ, lit. "Land of the bay") is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands...
Rikorda; Japanese: Ketoi Kaikyo) is a strait that separates the islands of Ushishir and Ketoy in the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is 22.5 km (about 14 mi) wide...
Ushishir Islands, which are part of the Greater Kuril Chain, in the Russian Far East. This bay was formed by an active volcano (also named Ushishir)...
of Okhotsk) Sea of Okhotsk Passing between the islands of Rasshua and Ushishir in Russia's Kuril Island chain 48°0′N 153°10′E / 48.000°N 153.167°E...
and Charles Henry Gilbert when they described Archistes plumarius, from Ushishir in the Kurils , as its only species and designated as its type species...
Japanese: Suride Kaikyo) is a strait that separates the islands of Rasshua and Ushishir. It is about 14.5 km (about 9 mi) wide. The strait is obstructed by several...
of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Ushishir and 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Matua. Its name is derived from...
Island (includes Krenitsyn Peak) Tyatya on Kunashir Island Yankicha in the Ushishir Islands Zavaritski Caldera on Simushir Island Russian Academy of Sciences...
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