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    Paramushir (Russian: Парамушир, romanized: Paramushir, Japanese: 幌筵島, romanized: Paramushiru-tō, Ainu: パラムシㇼ, romanized: Para=mu=sir) is a volcanic island...
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    Kuril Chain in the South Kurils, and the northern Kurils from Urup to Paramushir, have been recognised as Important Bird Areas (IBAs) by BirdLife International...
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    The Paramushir shrew (Sorex leucogaster) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests...
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    Severo-Kurilsk (category Paramushir)
    of Paramushir. Population: 2,536 (2010 Census); 2,592 (2002 Census); 5,180 (1989 Soviet census). The Ainu are the original inhabitants of Paramushir, which...
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    Olkhon, lake Baikal Onekotan, Kuril Islands Rudolfa, Franz Josef Land Paramushir, Kuril Islands Pioneer, Severnaya Zemlya Popov Island, Eugénie Archipelago...
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    islands were occupied by the Japanese 91st Infantry Division (Shiashkotan, Paramushir, Shumshu, and Onekotan), 42nd Division (Simushir), 41st Independent Regiment...
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  • Shumshu in the north. Other islands either had small populations (such as Paramushir) or were visited for fishing or hunting. There may have been a small mixed...
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    Helens and associated lava domes, (Washington, United States) Asia Ebeko (Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia) Gunung Baru Jari (Segara Anak caldera,...
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    language for "large village”. It is the second largest island, after Paramushir, in the northern subgroup of the Kurils. It is administratively included...
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    Urup Island, Kuril Islands Lomonosov Group, Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands Vernadskii Ridge, Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands Tolmachev Dol, Kamchatka...
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    Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell...
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    erroneous. It was tentatively recorded to inhabit Kunashir, Iturup and Paramushir, while wolves reported on Shumshu were later dismissed as feral dogs....
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    Kurile Lake fled to the island of Paramushir after an armed conflict with the Soviet authorities. At that time, Paramushir was under Japanese rule. During...
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    2021, Matua island in the Kuril Islands now hosts a battery. In 2022, Paramushir island in the Kuril Islands hosted an additional battery. The Bastion...
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    karpinskite The lunar crater Karpinsky The Karpinsky Group of volcanoes on Paramushir Island in the Kurils Karpinsky Glacier, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic...
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    Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell...
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    Ebeko (category Paramushir)
    Эбеко) is a highly active somma volcano located on the northern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It is one of the most active volcanoes...
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    Rank Island Area Nation(s) Subnational divisions Notes (km2) (sq mi) 182 Paramushir 2,471 954 Russia Sakhalin Oblast 183 Ross Island 2,460 950 Antarctica...
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    Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell...
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    the Kuriles before the end of the war, including the Japanese base of Paramushir, which diverted 500 Japanese planes and 41,000 ground troops. The battle...
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    Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell...
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    was located on the island of Shumshu, with a few others on islands like Paramushir. Together, they numbered 221 in 1860. These individuals had Russian names...
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  • on Paramushir Island (includes the Lomonosov and Tatarinov groups) Chirinkotan on Chirinkotan Island Chyorny on Chirpoy Island Ebeko on Paramushir Island...
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    62E), which is also in the Sea of Okhotsk on the northwestern coast of Paramushir Island. Shelikhov Gulf was frequented by American whaleships hunting bowhead...
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    3 and 4, 1945, and the same task force on February 4, 1945, bombarded Paramushir in the first sea bombardment of the Kurile. In September 1945, following...
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    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...
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  • Kozyrevsky, he was one of the first Russian Cossacks to visit the Shumshu and Paramushir Islands of the Kuril Islands. Danila Antsiferov and his companions were...
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    Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell...
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  • 473 Island part of Chile. Ventspils District 2,472 District of Latvia. Paramushir 2,471 Second-largest island of the Kuril Islands, part of Russia. Chachoengsao...
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    Brigade (units equipped with Bastion SSM (Iturup Island, Matua Island and Paramushir Island) and Bal SSM battalion (Kunashir Island)), HQ: Vladivostok New...
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