Little Kuril Strait

The Second Kuril Strait is a strait which separates the islands of and in the , . There is a lighthouse for shipping in the Strait at Shumshi island.
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  • Strait
  • …was formerly known as “Little Kurile Strait”
  • Description: strait in Kuril Islands, Russia
  • Also known as
    “Paramushir Strait”
    “Paramushiro-kaikyo”
    “Paramushiru Strait”
    “Paramushiru-Kaikyō”
    “Paramusiru Kaikyō”
    “Poromoshiri-kaikyō”
    “Proliv Paramusir”
    “Proliv Vtoroy Kuril’skiy”
    “Second Kuril Strait”
    “Vtoroy Kuril’skiy”
    “Vtoroy Kuril’skiy Proliv”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Severo-Kurilsk.
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Little Kuril Strait

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Latitude
50.68221° or 50° 40′ 56″ north
Longitude
156.16094° or 156° 9′ 39″ east
Open location code
9R2RM5J6+V9
Geo­Names ID
2119674
Wiki­data ID
Q233274

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Little Kuril Strait” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “İkinci Kuril boğazı”
  • Bulgarian: “Втори курилски проток”
  • Catalan: “Segon estret de les Kurils”
  • Cebuano: “Vtoroy Kuril’skiy Proliv”
  • Chinese: “第二千島海峽”
  • Croatian: “Drugi kurilski tjesnac”
  • Czech: “Druhý kurilský průliv”
  • Dutch: “Tweede Koerilenstraat”
  • Esperanto: “Dua Kurila Markolo”
  • Estonian: “Teine Kuriili väin”
  • French: “deuxième détroit des Kouriles”
  • French: “Deuxième détroit des Kouriles”
  • German: “Zweite Kurilenstraße”
  • Italian: “Stretto Vtoroj Kuril’skij”
  • Japanese: “パラムシル海峡”
  • Japanese: “幌筵海峡”
  • Japanese: “波羅茂知海峡”
  • Japanese: “第2クリル海峡”
  • Japanese: “第2千島海峡”
  • Japanese: “第二クリル海峡”
  • Japanese: “第二千島海峡”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det andre Kurilsundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det andre Kurilsundet”
  • Norwegian: “Det andre Kurilsundet”
  • Polish: “Druga Cieśnina Kurylska”
  • Russian: “Второй Курильский пролив”
  • Russian: “Второй Курильский Пролив”
  • Turkish: “İkinci Kuril Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Друга Курильська протока”

Localities in the Area

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