Kuril Islands
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| Disputit islands Native name: Курильские острова 千島列島 | |
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| Location o the Kuril Islands in the Wastren Paceefic atween Japan an the Kamchatka Peninsula o Roushie | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Paceefic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 46°30′N 151°30′E / 46.500°N 151.500°ECoordinates: 46°30′N 151°30′E / 46.500°N 151.500°E |
| Total islands | 56 |
| 10,503.2 km2 (2,595,400 acres) | |
| Heichest point | Alaid 2,339 metres (7,674 ft) |
| Admeenistered bi | |
 Roushie
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| Destricts | Severo-Kurilsky, Kurilsky an Yuzhno-Kurilsky Destricts (Sakhalin Oblast) |
| Claimit bi | |
| Roushie
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| Destricts | Severo-Kurilsky, Kurilsky an Yuzhno-Kurilsky Destricts (Sakhalin Oblast) |
 Japan
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| Subprefectur | Nemuro Subprefectur (Hokkaido) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 19,434 (as o 2010) |
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (Roushie: Кури́льские острова́; Japanese: Kuriru rettō (クリル列島?, "Kuril Islands") or Chishima rettō (千島列島?, "Chishima Islands")), in Roushie's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic airchipelago that stretches approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast frae Hokkaido, Japan, tae Kamchatka, Roushie, separatin the Sea o Okhotsk frae the North Paceefic Ocean.
Categeries:
- Kuril Islands
- Airchipelagoes o the Paceefic Ocean
- Islands o the Sea o Okhotsk
- Islands o the Roushie Far East
- Airchipelagoes o Japan
- Geografie o Northeast Asie
- Airchipelagoes o Sakhalin Oblast
- Disputit islands
- Disputit territories in Asie
- Sea o Okhotsk
- Volcanoes o Sakhalin Oblast
- Stratovolcanoes o Roushie
- Umwhile Japanese colonies