Kharimkotan

Kharimkotan
Native name:
Харимкотан
春牟古丹島
Astronaut photograph of Kharimkotan Island from International Space Station
Kharimkotan
Geography
LocationSea of Okhotsk
Coordinates49°07′12″N 154°30′29″E / 49.12°N 154.508°E / 49.12; 154.508
ArchipelagoKuril Islands
Area68 km2 (26 sq mi)
Highest elevation1,145 m (3757 ft)
Highest pointPik Severgin
Administration
Russia
Demographics
Population0
Ethnic groupsAinu (formerly)

Kharimkotan (Russian: Харимкотан); Japanese 春牟古丹島; Harimukotan-tō, alternatively Harumukotan-tō or 加林古丹島; Karinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located 15 km (9 mi) from Onekotan 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, from “village of many Cardiocrinum”.