Milna (; , ''Shinshiru-dake'') is a
somma volcano
A somma volcano, also known as a sommian, is a volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone. The type is named after Mount Somma ("Summit"), a stratovolcano in southern Italy with a summit caldera in which the upper co ...
located at the southern end of
Simushir
Simushir (, , ), meaning ''Large Island'' in Ainu, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It was formerly known as Marikan.
History
Simushir was inha ...
Island,
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the ...
,
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
. It is the highest point of the island. Its name is derived from
John Milne
John Milne (30 December 1850 – 31 July 1913) was a British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph.
Biography
Milne was born in Liverpool, England, the only child of John Milne of Milnrow, and at first raised ...
,
а British geologist and mining engineer who helped to develop theories on the origin of the
Ainu people
The Ainu are an Indigenous peoples, indigenous ethnic group who reside in northern Japan and southeastern Russia, including Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region of Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Ku ...
.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Russia
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia.
European Russia
Kamchatka
Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East.
Kuril Islands
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, in the ...
References
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Simushir
Volcanoes of the Kuril Islands
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