Rasschua
| Rasschua | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Kuril Islands | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 46 ′ N , 153 ° 1 ′ E | |
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| length | 15.3 km | |
| width | 6.5 km | |
| surface | 67 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Rasschua 948 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Rasschua ( Russian Остров Расшуа ; Japanese 羅 処 和 島 , Rasushua -tō ) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Kuril archipelago and administratively belongs to the Russian Oblast Sakhalin .
Rasschua is located almost 30 kilometers southwest of the island of Matua and 16 km northeast of Ushishir . The island is about 15 km long, up to 6.5 km wide and has an area of 67 km². It is formed by an active stratovolcano of the same name and reaches a height of 948 m above sea level. The last eruption of the Rasschua took place in 1957.
Web links
- Rasschua in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Rasschua on oceandots.com ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)