松輪島 まつわとう Matua
Northern Kuril Islands
Ainu spellings: Matua, Matowa
Torii offers no meaning for Matowa or for the islet's name Matukuwashi.
Location
48.0802, 153.2152 · Coordinates: OpenStreetMap Nominatim, 2026-09-11, on 松輪島. Open in OpenStreetMap
Referents
- island The island south of Raikoke, in the central Kurils; Russian Матуа
Analyses
Attestations
- Matua oral record 1903 鳥居龍藏『千島アイヌ』第二章「千島地名解」
土人 Matowa と稱す、別に一小島あり、Matukuwashi と云ふ
Torii gives the natives' Matowa and names the islet beside it Matukuwashi.
鳥居1903 p. 44
Sources
鳥居1903