Southern Kurils

E214419

archipelago disputed territory

The Southern Kurils are a strategically significant and resource-rich island group in the southwest Kuril chain, long disputed between Russia and Japan.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Kuril Islands	5
southern Kuril Islands	3
Southern Kurils canonical	2
Lesser Kurils	1
Northern Territories (Japan–Russia)	1
southern Kuril Islands (Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, Habomai) recognized as Japanese	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ disputed territory ⓘ
administeredBy	Russia ⓘ
border	Hokkaido ⓘ
claimedBy	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
climate	subarctic maritime climate ⓘ
currentControlBy	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
disputedBy	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Ainu historical presence ⓘ Nivkh minority ⓘ Russians ⓘ
formerControlBy	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
geologicalType	volcanic islands ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fish processing ⓘ fishing ⓘ small-scale tourism ⓘ
hasPart	Habomai Islands ⓘ Iturup ⓘ surface form: Iturup Island Kunashir ⓘ surface form: Kunashir Island Shikotan ⓘ surface form: Shikotan Island
hasResource	fisheries ⓘ offshore gas potential ⓘ offshore oil potential ⓘ rare metals potential ⓘ
historicalEvent	Japanese civilian population largely repatriated after World War II ⓘ occupied by Soviet forces in 1945 ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed	Japanese ⓘ
languageUsed	Russian ⓘ
legalStatusInJapan	considered Northern Territories ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
locatedNear	Hokkaido ⓘ surface form: Hokkaido Prefecture Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
navigationRole	access routes to Sea of Okhotsk submarine bases ⓘ
partOf	Kuril Islands ⓘ Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
separatedFrom	Hokkaido by Nemuro Strait ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of sea lanes between Sea of Okhotsk and Pacific Ocean ⓘ military significance for Russia ⓘ proximity to Japanese home islands ⓘ
subjectOf	Kuril Islands dispute ⓘ Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ surface form: Russo-Japanese territorial negotiations
treatyContext	San Francisco Peace Treaty context ⓘ Yalta Conference arrangements ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuril Islands → hasMajorIslandGroup → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Kurils

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → appliesToPart → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Kuril Islands

Yuzhno-Kurilsk → regionType → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Kuril Islands

Treaty of Shimoda → borderProvision → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Kuril Islands (Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, Habomai) recognized as Japanese

Iturup → partOf → Southern Kurils ⓘ

Shikotan → locatedIn → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Kuril Islands

Golovnin Volcano → isPartOf → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Kuril Islands

Nemuro Strait → separates → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Kuril Islands

Sakhalin Oblast → disputedTerritory → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Kuril Islands

Habomai Islands → partOf → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Kuril Islands

Northern Territories → alsoKnownAs → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Territories (Japan–Russia)

Northern Territories → alsoKnownAs → Southern Kurils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Kuril Islands