Brat Tschirpojew
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Chornye Bratja Islands ( Kuril Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 27 '47 " N , 150 ° 48' 25" E | |
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| surface | 16 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 749 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Brat Tschirpojew ( Russian Брат Чирпоев ; Japanese 知 理 保 以 南島 , Chirihoi-minami-tō ) is an island of the Kuriles in Sakhalin Oblast in Russia .
The Russian name means "brother of Tschirpoi" and indicates that it is the smaller sister island of Tschirpoi . Brat Tschirpojew has an area of 16 km². On the island is the highest point of this group of islands with a height of 749 meters. It is separated from its northern neighboring island of Tschirpoi by the narrow Snou Strait .
Brat Tschirpojew is located on the southern edge of two overlapping calderas with a diameter of 8 to 9 kilometers. The neighboring island of Tschipoi emerged in the center of the calderas. Brat Tschirpojew consists of parts of a basalt volcano that existed before the calderas were formed. There are no reports of eruptions in historical times; the island's geomorphology suggests recent Strombolian eruptions . In the middle of the 18th century, solfataras were active on Brat Tschirpojew.
The southernmost of the five large colonies of Steller's sea lions on the Kuril Islands is on Brat Tschirpojew .
tourism
The island is visited by cruise ships from time to time .
Web links
- Brat Tschirpojew in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Christopher G. Newhall, Daniel Dzurisin: Historical unrest at large calderas of the world . USGS Bulletin 1855, 1988 (English, pdf, 37.0 MB), p. 609.