Onekotan

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Onekotan

Native name: Онекотан 温禰古丹島
Onekotan Island (centre) from space, October 1994. North at top
Onekotan
Geography
Location	Sea of Okhotsk
Coordinates	49°27′N 154°46′E / 49.450°N 154.767°E / 49.450; 154.767
Archipelago	Kuril Islands
Area	425 km2 (164 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,324 m (4344 ft)
Highest point	Krenitsyn
Administration
Russia
Demographics
Population	0
Ethnic groups	Ainu (formerly)

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. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "large village”. It is the second largest island, after Paramushir, in the northern subgroup of the Kurils. It is administratively included in the Severo-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin oblast, Russia.