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Antsiferova / Shirinki
Elevation	761 metres (2,497 ft)
Location	Kuril Islands, Russia
Coordinates	50°12′N 154°59′E / 50.2, 154.98
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Antsiferov Island (Russian: Остров Анциферова) also known as Shirinki (Russian: Ширинки) is a small, uninhabited island in the Kuril Islands group. It belongs to the northern group of islands, about 15 km distant from the south end of Paramushir across the Luzhin Strait and 140 km from the southern tip of Kamchatka. It is a roughly circular stratovolcano about 4.25 km in diameter, reaching a maximum elevation of 761 metres at the crater rim. Administratively, it is within the Severo-Kurilsky district of the Sakhalin oblast.

It is named for the cossack explorer Danila Antsiferov, who first described it along with other North Kuril islands in the early eighteenth century.

The southern end of Antsiferov is the site of one of five major Steller sea lion reproductive rookeries (about 600 animals) on the Kuril Islands. Because of the absence of terrestrial predators, it is also the home of very dense colonies of northern fulmars and tufted puffins which nest in the hummocks along its slopes. Cliff-dwelling birds, such as kittiwakes and thick-billed murres are also abundant.

Administratively this island belongs to the Sakhalin Oblast of the Russian Federation.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Russia

References

• Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Antsiferov Island

External links

• Sakhalin Oblast

v • d • e Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk Antsiferov  • Arka  • Atlasov  • Banka Zotova  • Baydukov Island  • Belyakov Island  • Bolshoy Chome  • Bolshoy Shantar  • Brat Chirpoyev  • Broutona  • Chastyye Islands  • Chetyre Paltsa  • Chirinkotan  • Chirpoy  • Chkalov Island  • Dobrzhansky Island  • Ekarma  • Feklistova  • Hokkaidō  • Ion Island  • Iturup  • Kamen-Mukdykyn  • Kamen Opasnosti  • Kekury Islands  • Ketoy  • Khalpili Islands  • Kharimkotan  • Konus  • Krayniy Island  • Kunashir  • Kuril Islands  • Makanrushi  • Matua  • Menshikov Island  • Morskaya Matuga  • Nansikan Island  • Nedorazumeniya  • Onekotan  • Oremif  • Paramushir  • Pilamif  • Raikoke  • Rasshua  • Rechnaya Matuga  • Reyneke Island  • Rovnyy  • Sakhalin  • Shantar Islands  • Shelikan  • Shiashkotan  • Shumshu  • Simushir  • Spafaryev Islands  • Talan Island  • Telan Island  • Tretiy Island  • Tyuleniy Island  • Umara  • Urup  • Ush  • Ushishir  • Vtoroy  • Yam Islands  • Yengalychev Island  • Zavyalov  • Zubchatyy

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