Shikotan, Hokkaido

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Shikotan (Japanese: 色丹村, Shikotan-mura, Russian: Шикотан) is a village in Shikotan District, both of which are located in the disputed Northern Territories area of the Kuril Islands. It is currently administered by Russia as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, although Japan continues to claim it as part of Hokkaido Prefecture.

Shikotan 色丹村
Village
The municipality is labeled here as number 6.
Country	Japan/Russia
Region/Federal District	Hokkaido/Far Eastern Federal District
Prefecture/Federal Subject	Hokkaido (Nemuro Subprefecture)/Sakhalin
District/District	Shikotan/Yuzhno-Kurilsky District
Area
• Total	253.33 km2 (97.81 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,499
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8)

Etymology[]

The name was originally called Shakotan and it comes from the Ainu language.

Geography[]

The municipality and island is formed by the volcanic rock and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic periods. There are two extinct volcanoes on Shikotan: Mount Tomari and Mount Notoro.

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