Shikotan, Hokkaido

Shikotan

色丹村
Shikotan 色丹村
Village
	Port of Malokurilskoye
	The municipality is labeled here as number 6.
Country	Japan; Russia
Region/Federal District	Hokkaido; Far Eastern Federal District
Prefecture/Federal Subject	Hokkaido Prefecture (Nemuro Subprefecture); Sakhalin
District/District	Shikotan; Yuzhno-Kurilsky District
Area
• Total	253.33 km2 (97.81 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,499
• Density	5.917/km2 (15.33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+11 (MSK+8)

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.^[1]^[2]

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.

References

^ Lee, Seokwoo; Yi, Sŏg-u (2001). Towards a Framework for the Resolution of the Territorial Dispute Over the Kurile Islands. IBRU. ISBN 978-1-897643-44-0.
^ Richardson, Paul B. (2018-06-30). At the Edge of the Nation: The Southern Kurils and the Search for Russia's National Identity. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-7547-3.

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[1] Lee, Seokwoo; Yi, Sŏg-u (2001). Towards a Framework for the Resolution of the Territorial Dispute Over the Kurile Islands. IBRU. ISBN 978-1-897643-44-0.

[2] Richardson, Paul B. (2018-06-30). At the Edge of the Nation: The Southern Kurils and the Search for Russia's National Identity. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-7547-3.

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