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