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Kharimkotan (Russian: Харимкотан) is a volcanic island lying 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) km from Onekotan in the Kuril Islands group. It measures 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) by 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) with an area of 68 square kilometres (26 sq mi).
The island was formed by the volcano which shares the same name. The volcano reaches a height of 1,157 metres. The peak is marked by two horseshoe shaped craters created by the collapse of the volcanoes upper slopes. Other evidence of the collapse can be seen on the peninsulas to the east and northwest which were formed by the debris. The other volcano on the island, Severgin, collapsed in 1933 resulted in a debris-avalanche which subsequently caused a tsunami. The path on which the debris took is visible on satellite imagery.
Administratively this island belongs to the Sakhalin Oblast of the Russian Federation.
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