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越渇磨島 えかるまとう Ekarma

Northern Kuril Islands

Ainu spellings: Ekaruma

Torii's island names come from his Kuril Ainu informants グリゴリ, ゲラシム and アウエリキ (p. 40).

Location

48.9478, 153.9527 · Coordinates: OpenStreetMap Nominatim, 2026-09-11, on 越渇磨島. Open in OpenStreetMap

Referents

  • island The island north of Shiashkotan; Russian Экарма

Analyses

Attestations

  • Ekaruma oral record 1903 鳥居龍藏『千島アイヌ』第二章「千島地名解」
    古來かく呼ぶ

    Torii records only that the island has been so called since old times.

    鳥居1903 p. 43

Sources

鳥居1903