Kuril Islands

E26507

archipelago volcanic island arc

The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago stretching between Japan and Russia, known for their seismic activity, rich marine ecosystems, and ongoing territorial dispute between the two countries.

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All labels observed (29)

Label	Occurrences
Kuril Islands canonical	163
central Kuril Islands	12
Kuril Islands chain	11
Northern Kuril Islands	5
Kurile arc	4
Greater Kuril Chain	3
Kuril Island arc	3
Kuril Island chain	3
Central Kurils	1
Japan–Russia maritime boundary region	1
Kuril Arc	1
Kuril Island Arc	1
Kuril Islands (southern part, where aligned with Sakhalin)	1
Kuril Islands region	1
Kuril Islands territorial dispute	1
Kuril Islands volcanic arc	1
Kuril Islands volcanic chain	1
Kuril Islands; Empire of Japan	1
Kuril archipelago	1
Kuril volcanic arc	1
Kurile Arc	1
Kuril–Kamchatka region	1
Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic arc	1
North Kuril Islands	1
Northern Kurils	1
Russian Far East islands	1
Russian Kuril Islands	1
central Kuril Islands chain	1
northern Kuril Islands	1

Statements (159)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ volcanic island arc ⓘ
administeredBy	Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
belongsTo	Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ
claimedBy	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
currentlyControlledBy	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
disputeKnownAs	Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ surface form: Kuril Islands dispute Northern Territories dispute ⓘ
disputeParties	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
hasAirport	Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport ⓘ surface form: Iturup Airport Severo-Kurilsk Airport ⓘ Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport ⓘ
hasClimate	cool maritime climate ⓘ subarctic climate ⓘ
hasDisputedIslands	Habomai Islands ⓘ Iturup ⓘ Kunashir ⓘ Shikotan ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	commercial fishing ⓘ crab fishing ⓘ fish processing ⓘ seaweed harvesting ⓘ small-scale tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystem	kelp forests ⓘ pinniped rookeries ⓘ rich marine ecosystem ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ
hasFauna	Chinook salmon ⓘ surface form: Pacific salmon Steller sea lion ⓘ northern fur seal ⓘ sea otter ⓘ seabirds ⓘ whales ⓘ
hasFlora	boreal forest ⓘ dwarf bamboo ⓘ tundra vegetation ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Alaid ⓘ
hasHighestPointElevation	2339 metres ⓘ
hasHistoricalTreaty	Treaty of San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco Peace Treaty Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 ⓘ Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ Yalta Conference ⓘ surface form: Yalta Agreement
hasIndigenousPeople	Ainu ⓘ Itelmens ⓘ
hasLanguage	Japanese ⓘ Russian ⓘ
hasLargestSettlement	Kurilsk ⓘ Paramushir ⓘ surface form: Severo-Kurilsk Yuzhno-Kurilsk ⓘ
hasMajorIsland	Chirinkotan ⓘ Chirpoi ⓘ Ekarma ⓘ Habomai Islands ⓘ Iturup ⓘ Ketoy ⓘ Kunashir ⓘ Matua ⓘ Onekotan ⓘ Paramushir ⓘ Rasshua ⓘ Shikotan ⓘ Shumshu ⓘ Simushir ⓘ Urup ⓘ
hasMajorIslandGroup	Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Kurils Southern Kurils ⓘ surface form: Lesser Kurils Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Kurils Southern Kurils ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	fisheries ⓘ geothermal energy potential ⓘ offshore oil and gas potential ⓘ
hasNumberOfIslands	56 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSmallerIslets	about 100 ⓘ
hasOceanCurrent	East Sakhalin Current ⓘ Oyashio Current ⓘ Soya Current ⓘ
hasPopulation	about 20000 ⓘ
hasPort	Yuzhno-Kurilsk ⓘ surface form: Kurilsk Port Severo-Kurilsk Port ⓘ Yuzhno-Kurilsk ⓘ surface form: Yuzhno-Kurilsk Port
hasProtectedArea	Kurilskiy Nature Reserve ⓘ Malye Kurily Zakaznik ⓘ
hasSeismicActivity	high ⓘ
hasStrait	Friza Strait ⓘ surface form: Bussol Strait Krusenstern Strait ⓘ surface form: Ekarma Strait Kuril straits ⓘ surface form: First Kuril Strait Kuril straits ⓘ surface form: Fourth Kuril Strait Friza Strait ⓘ Krusenstern Strait ⓘ Nemuro Strait ⓘ surface form: Kunashir Strait La Pérouse Strait ⓘ surface form: Laperouse Strait Makanrushi Strait ⓘ Nemuro Strait ⓘ Kuril straits ⓘ surface form: North Kuril Strait Kuril straits ⓘ surface form: Second Kuril Strait Krusenstern Strait ⓘ surface form: Severgin Strait Kuril straits ⓘ surface form: South Kuril Strait Friza Strait ⓘ surface form: Vries Strait
hasStrategicImportance	military ⓘ shipping lanes ⓘ
hasTectonicPlate	Okhotsk Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	subduction zone ⓘ
hasTimeZone	UTC+11 ⓘ
hasTsunamiRisk	high ⓘ
hasUNLOCODERegion	RU-SAK ⓘ
hasVolcano	Alaid ⓘ Alaid Volcano ⓘ Golovnin Volcano ⓘ surface form: Atsonupuri Volcano Ekarma Volcano ⓘ surface form: Baransky Volcano Ekarma Volcano ⓘ surface form: Berutarube Volcano Bogdan Khmelnitsky Volcano ⓘ Bogoslov Island Volcano ⓘ Chikurachki ⓘ Chikurachki Volcano ⓘ Ekarma Volcano ⓘ surface form: Chirpoi Volcano Ebeko ⓘ Ebeko Volcano ⓘ Ekarma Volcano ⓘ Fuss Peak ⓘ Golovnin Volcano ⓘ Grozny Group Volcano ⓘ Karpinsky Group Volcano ⓘ Ketoy Volcano ⓘ Kharimkotan ⓘ Kharimkotan Volcano ⓘ Krenitsyn Peak ⓘ Kudryavy ⓘ Kudryavy Volcano ⓘ Lvinaya Past Volcano ⓘ Mendeleev Volcano ⓘ Raikoke ⓘ Raikoke Volcano ⓘ Ekarma Volcano ⓘ surface form: Rasshua Volcano Ekarma Volcano ⓘ surface form: Rurui Volcano Sarychev Peak ⓘ Sarychev Peak ⓘ surface form: Sarychev Peak Volcano Severgin Volcano ⓘ Sinarka ⓘ Smirnov Volcano ⓘ Ushishir Volcano ⓘ surface form: Sredny Volcano Tao-Rusyr Caldera ⓘ Tiatia Volcano ⓘ Tyatya ⓘ Ushishir Volcano ⓘ Zavaritsky Caldera ⓘ
locatedBetween	Hokkaido ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
separates	Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
wasControlledBy	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (225)

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

Russia Far East → containsVolcanicRegion → Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Russian Far East

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → location → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Sea of Okhotsk → borderedBy → Kuril Islands ⓘ

La Pérouse Strait → partOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan–Russia maritime boundary region

Kuril Islands → hasMajorIslandGroup → Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Kurils

Kuril Islands → hasMajorIslandGroup → Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Kurils

Vladivostok Time (VLAT) → appliesToIslandRegion → Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Vladivostok Time

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands (southern part, where aligned with Sakhalin)

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → appliesToPart → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → location → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → location → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Northern Pacific → hasPart → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system → locatedOffCoastOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system → associatedWith → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Island Arc

Okhotsk Plate → regionIncludes → Kuril Islands ⓘ

General Order No. 1 → geographicScope → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Ussuri brown bear → nativeTo → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Ainu → historicalRegion → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Northeastern Japan Arc → relatedArc → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Arc

Far Eastern Federal District → containsGeographicalFeature → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Severo-Kurilsk Airport → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Severo-Kurilsk Airport → servesRegion → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Kuril Trench → locatedOffCoastOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Kuril Trench → associatedWith → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands volcanic arc

Kuril Trench → parallelTo → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Island arc

Kuril straits → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Kuril Straits

Kuril straits → partOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Kuril Straits

this entity surface form: Kuril–Kamchatka region

Alaid → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Alaid → partOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Island arc

Alaid → mountainRange → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands chain

Alaid → isHighestPointOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Alaid → isVisibleFrom → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Kuril Islands

Urup → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Urup → partOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Kuril Islands

Urup → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Island chain

Urup → partOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Island arc

Urup → isPartOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Far East islands

Ketoy → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Kuril Islands

Ketoy → archipelago → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands chain

Ekarma → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Ebeko → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Ebeko → region → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Kuril Islands

Sinarka → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Kuril Islands

Sinarka → isPartOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands chain

Northern Territories dispute → concernsArchipelago → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Kurilskiy Nature Reserve → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Chikurachki → locatedIn → Kuril Islands ⓘ

Chikurachki → volcanicArcOrBelt → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic arc

Chikurachki → isPartOf → Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Kuril Islands