Shiashkotan
Shiashkotan () (; 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”. Geology Shiashkotan is roughly dumbbell-shaped, formed by two volcanic islands joined together by a narrow spit (landform), landspit. The island has a total length of with a width ranging from at its widest point to at its narrowest, and an area of . Both ends of the island are complex stratovolcanos, and landing is practical only on the sandy isthmus. * Pik Sinarka (; ; ''Kurodake''), which rises to above sea level occupies the northern end of the island, and is the island’s highest point. Historical eruptions have occurred at Sinarka during 1825–1750, 1846, 1855, and the last and largest from 1872 to 1878. To the east from this volcano is located interesting geothermal field - North-Western s ...
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