Urup

Urup
Ainu: ウルㇷ゚
Japanese: 得撫島
Russian: Уру́п
July 2001 NASA photograph of Urup Island
Geography
LocationSea of Okhotsk
Coordinates45°56′N 150°02′E / 45.933°N 150.033°E / 45.933; 150.033
ArchipelagoKuril Islands
Area1,430 km2 (550 sq mi)
Highest elevation1,426 m (4678 ft)
Administration
Demographics
Population0 (2010)

Urup (Japanese: 得撫島, romanized: Uruppu-tō; Russian: Уру́п, romanized: Urúp, Ainu: ウルㇷ゚, romanized: Urup) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Kuril Islands chain in the south of the Sea of Okhotsk, northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language word urup, meaning "sockeye salmon".

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