Onekotan (Russian: Онекотан; Japanese 温禰古丹島; Onekotan-tō, occasionally Onnekotan-tō, Ainu: オネコタン or オネコタㇴ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Sep 18, 2018 · Located on the remote Great Kurile ridge, in Sakhalin Oblast, Onekotane has impressive dimensions of 26×10 miles. Also, it is home to two volcanoes: Krenitsyn and Nemo. Volcano Nemo’s height is 3343 feet and it is located further North.

Jan 25, 2011 · Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan Island, part of the Russian Federation in the western Pacific Ocean.

Jan 6, 2024 · Welcome to Onekotan, a Polar island in the Sea of Okhotsk, part of the majestic Pacific Ocean. This guide offers a comprehensive overview of what makes Onekotan unique – from its geography and climate to its population, infrastructure, and beyond.

Tao-Rusyr Caldera (Russian: Тао-Русыр) is a stratovolcano located at the southern end of Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It has 7.5 km wide caldera formed during a catastrophic eruption less than 10,000 years ago (reported ages range from 5,550 to 9,400 Before Present).

Oct 28, 2024 · An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this photo of Onekotan Island while orbiting over the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Kuril Islands, an archipelago extending between the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia and Hokkaido in Japan.

Archaeological survey in the Kuril Islands was first conceived after the 1996 International Kuril Island Project biological team discovered a possible Ainu site on the island of Onekotan.

Onekotan (ru|Онекотан; Japanese 温禰古丹島; Onekotan-tō, occasionally Onnekotan-tō, ain|オネコタン or オネコタㇴ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Onekotan Island is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "large village".

Sep 11, 2014 · Easy: it’s the Krenitsyn volcano on the Kuril island of Onekotan. It’s also a rather exclusive volcano – just for the more discerning connoisseurs of volcanism; after all – it doesn’t even have its own Wiki page in English :).