Severo-Kurilsky District
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Severo-Kurilsky District is one of the seventeen administrative districts of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. It is a part of the northern Kuril Islands, located to the east of the Island of Sakhalin and so
Atlasov Island, the northernmost of the Kuril Islands
Onekotan
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Onekotan 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
Onekotan Island (centre) from space, October 1994. North at top
Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan.
View of Krenitsyn Peak from the rim of Tao-Rusyr Caldera on Onekotan Island