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Sakhalin — Infobox Islands name = Sakhalin image caption = locator Location map|Russia|lat=51|long=143 map custom = yes native name = Сахалин native name link = Russian language location = Russian Far East, Pacific Ocean coordinates= 45°50 54°24 N… … Wikipedia
island — islandish, islandlike, adj. islandless, adj. /uy leuhnd/, n. 1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. 2. something resembling an island, esp. in being isolated or having little or no direct … Universalium
Volcanic arc — Mariana Islands, an oceanic island arc A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanoes positioned in an arc shape as seen from above. Offshore volcanoes form islands, resulting in a volcanic island arc. Generally they result from the subduction of an… … Wikipedia
Northeastern Japan Arc — also Northeastern Honshū Arc, is an island arc on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The arc runs north to south along the Tohoku region of Honshū, Japan. It is the result of the subduction of the Pacific Plate underneath the North American Plate at the… … Wikipedia
Northeastern Japan arc — The Japan Trench, where the Pacific Plate slides beneath the Okhotsk Plate is the cause of the Northeastern Japan Arc Northeastern Japan Arc also Northeastern Honshū Arc, is an island arc on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The arc runs north to south… … Wikipedia
Matua (island) — For other uses, see Matua (disambiguation). Matua Native name: Матуа 松輪島 … Wikipedia
Ush Island — (Остров Уш; Ostrov Ush) is an island in the northern coast of Sakhalin. Ush Island is located between a shallow bay and the Sea of Okhotsk, at the mouth of the Sakhalin Gulf. Ush Island stretches roughly from east to west. It is 14 Km in length… … Wikipedia
Mount Rishiri — seen from Otadomari numa Elevation 1,721 m (5,646 ft) … Wikipedia
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