Etorofu Island

E511160
disputed territory island

Etorofu Island is a large, disputed island in the Kuril chain claimed by both Japan and Russia, known in Japan as part of the Northern Territories.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Etorofu 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory ⓘ
island ⓘ
adminDivision Sakhalin Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuzhno-Kurilsky District NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
area approximately 3,139 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy Kunashir Island to the southwest ⓘ
Urup Island to the northeast ⓘ
claimedBy Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryClaimedBy Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentStatus subject of unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia ⓘ
under de facto Russian administration ⓘ
dispute Kuril Islands dispute NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputeWith Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic island ⓘ
hasFeature hot springs ⓘ
rugged mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasResource rich marine resources ⓘ
hasSettlement Burevestnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurilsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reidovo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVolcano Atsonupuri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baransky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berutarube NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stokap NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalControl ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) ⓘ
controlled by the Russian Empire before 1855 ⓘ
occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 ⓘ
japaneseName Etorofu-tō NERFINISHED ⓘ
length approximately 200 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Kuril Islands ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyStrait Friza Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vries Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Northern Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Kuril Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfHistoricalEntity Karafuto and Chishima Provinces of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
russianName Iturup NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
sovereigntyClaim Japan claims Etorofu Island as part of Hokkaido Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia administers Etorofu Island as part of Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
treatyMention San Francisco Peace Treaty (1951) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treaty of Shimoda (1855) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yalta Agreement (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
width up to about 27 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Northern Territories Affairs Administration → dealsWith → Etorofu Island ⓘ
Iturup → claimedAs → Etorofu Island ⓘ
Iturup → hasJapaneseName → Etorofu Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etorofu