# Shakotan

**Country:** Russia  
**Water Body:** North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 43.8667, 146.8333

Shakotan, on the South Kuril island of Shikotan, has only limited commercial-cargo relevance, functioning essentially as a fishing and fish-processing port. Activity centres on the village of Malokurilskoye, where the Ostrovnoy plant produces canned fish, fish meal, fish oil and frozen products, and a ship-repair yard is being modernised; the local catch includes cod, crab, kelp and saury. The harbour mainly serves the fishing fleet and the dispatch of seafood, rather than general, container or dangerous-goods traffic. Its remote position and the disputed status of the southern Kurils further limit international freight use. Shippers with commercial cargo rely on Korsakov on Sakhalin or Yuzhno-Kurilsk on neighbouring Kunashir.

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