Makanru

Makanru is a volcanic island in the northern Kurils, west of Onekotan. Its steep cone rises from the cold waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, apart from the main chain of islands. An Ainu story tells that a god pulled the island from a lake on Onekotan and cast it into the sea. Russian accounts recorded several forms of its name during the eighteenth century, preserving traces of the older island traditions.