Kuril Islands

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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.

Aliases (6)

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
Northern Kurils ×1

Statements (159)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago → volcanic island arc →
administeredBy	Sakhalin Oblast →
belongsTo	Far Eastern Federal District →
claimedBy	Japan → Russia →
country	Russia →
currentlyControlledBy	Russian Federation →
disputeKnownAs	Kuril Islands dispute → Northern Territories dispute →
disputeParties	Japan → Russia →
hasAirport	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	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	San Francisco Peace Treaty → Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 → Treaty of Shimoda → Yalta Agreement →
hasIndigenousPeople	Ainu → Itelmens →
hasLanguage	Japanese → Russian →
hasLargestSettlement	Kurilsk → Severo-Kurilsk → Yuzhno-Kurilsk →
hasMajorIsland	Chirinkotan → Chirpoi → Ekarma → Habomai Islands → Iturup → Ketoy → Kunashir → Matua → Onekotan → Paramushir → Rasshua → Shikotan → Shumshu → Simushir → Urup →
hasMajorIslandGroup	Central Kurils → Lesser Kurils → 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	Kurilsk Port → Severo-Kurilsk Port → Yuzhno-Kurilsk Port →
hasProtectedArea	Kurilskiy Nature Reserve → Malye Kurily Zakaznik →
hasSeismicActivity	high →
hasStrait	Bussol Strait → Ekarma Strait → First Kuril Strait → Fourth Kuril Strait → Friza Strait → Krusenstern Strait → Kunashir Strait → Laperouse Strait → Makanrushi Strait → Nemuro Strait → North Kuril Strait → Second Kuril Strait → Severgin Strait → South Kuril Strait → 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 → Atsonupuri Volcano → Baransky Volcano → Berutarube Volcano → Bogdan Khmelnitsky Volcano → Bogoslov Island Volcano → Chikurachki → Chikurachki Volcano → 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 → Rasshua Volcano → Rurui Volcano → Sarychev Peak → Sarychev Peak Volcano → Severgin Volcano → Sinarka → Smirnov Volcano → Sredny Volcano → Tao-Rusyr Caldera → Tiatia Volcano → Tyatya → Ushishir Volcano → Zavaritsky Caldera →
locatedBetween	Hokkaido → Kamchatka Peninsula →
locatedIn	North Pacific Ocean → Sea of Okhotsk →
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire →
separates	North Pacific Ocean → Sea of Okhotsk →
wasControlledBy	Empire of Japan → Russian Empire → Soviet Union →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) →	location
Kuril Islands ("Northern Kurils") → Kuril Islands ("Central Kurils") →	hasMajorIslandGroup
Vladivostok Time ("Kuril Islands (southern part, where aligned with Sakhalin)") →	appliesToIslandRegion
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands →	appliesToPart
Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system ("Kuril Island Arc") →	associatedWith
Sea of Okhotsk →	borderedBy
Russian Far East →	containsVolcanicRegion
General Order No. 1 →	geographicScope
Northern Pacific →	hasPart
Ainu →	historicalRegion
Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system →	locatedOffCoastOf
Ussuri brown bear →	nativeTo
La Pérouse Strait ("Japan–Russia maritime boundary region") →	partOf
Okhotsk Plate →	regionIncludes
Northeastern Japan Arc ("Kuril Arc") →	relatedArc