Sakhalin Island

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Sakhalin Island is a large, resource-rich Russian island in the North Pacific, located north of Japan and known for its strategic importance and complex Russo-Japanese history.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sakhalin Island canonical 30
Sakhalin 15
southern Sakhalin 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
island
area approximately 72,500 square kilometers
borderedBySea Sea of Japan
Sea of Okhotsk
capitalCityOfRegion Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
climate subarctic climate
continent Asia
country Russia
currentSovereignState Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
ecosystem boreal forests
wetlands
fauna brown bears
migratory birds
salmon
seals
hasCity Kholmsk
Korsakov
Nogliki
Okha
hasMountainRange East Sakhalin Mountains
West Sakhalin Mountains
hasProject Sakhalin-I
Sakhalin-II
highestPoint Mount Lopatin
historicalClaimant Japan
Russia
historicalTreaty Treaty of Portsmouth
Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

Treaty of Shimoda
indigenousPeople Ainu
Nivkh
Orok (Uilta)
knownFor coal deposits
fishing industry
natural gas reserves
oil reserves
timber resources
largestCity Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
length approximately 948 kilometers
locatedIn Pacific Ocean
surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East
locatedNorthOf Hokkaido
Japan
partiallyControlledBy Japan before 1945
partOf Sakhalin Oblast
separatedBy La Pérouse Strait
Tatar Strait
separatedFrom Hokkaido
southernPartNameUnderJapan Karafuto Prefecture
surface form: Karafuto
strategicImportance access to North Pacific shipping routes
energy exports
proximity to Japan
timeZone Sakhalin Time
transferredTo Soviet Union after World War II
UTCOffset +11
width up to about 160 kilometers

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Mukkuri jaw harp culturalRegion Sakhalin Island
this entity surface form: Sakhalin
Sakhalin spruce nativeTo Sakhalin Island