Shumshu

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Shumshu

Ainu: スㇺス Russian: Шумшу Japanese: 占守島
A Landsat 7 image of Shumshu Island. The northern tip of Paramushir Island is at left. The First Kuril Strait lies across the upper portion of the image.
Shumshu
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	50°44′N 156°19′E / 50.733°N 156.317°E / 50.733; 156.317
Archipelago	Kuril Island
Area	388 km2 (150 sq mi)
Length	28 km (17.4 mi)
Width	15 km (9.3 mi)
Highest elevation	171 m (561 ft)
Administration
Russia
Oblast	Sakhalin Oblast
District	Severo-Kurilsky
Demographics
Population	± 100 (seasonal)

Shumshu (Russian: Шумшу, romanized: Shumshu; Japanese: 占守島, romanized: Shumushu-tō; Ainu: スㇺス (reconstruction), lit. 'good island') is the easternmost and second-northernmost island of the Kuril Islands chain, which divides the Sea of Okhotsk from the northwest Pacific Ocean. The name of the island is derived from the Ainu language, meaning "good island". It is separated from Paramushir by the very narrow Second Kuril Strait in the northeast 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), and its northern tip is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi), from Cape Lopatka at the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The island has a seasonal population of around 100 inhabitants.