an island in the Pacific, belonging to Russia, the largest of the Kurile group, extending from N.E. to S.W., 35 miles S. of Cape Lopatka in Kamtschatka. It is about 60 miles in length, by 20 in breadth; and the surface is for the most part hilly and bare. Bears, foxes, otters, and wolves are found on it; and seals and fish are got in the surrounding seas. The inhabitants, who do not exceed 400 in number, derive their subsistence from these animals; and the skins of the fox, otter, and wolf are exported from the island.