Little Kuril Strait
The Second Kuril Strait is a strait which separates the islands of Paramushir and Shumshu in the Kuril Islands, Russia. There is a lighthouse for shipping in the Strait at Shumshi island.- Type: 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”, and “Vtoroy Kuril’skiy Proliv”
- Historically known as: “Little Kurile Strait”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Severo-Kurilsk.
Severo-Kurilsk
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Severo-Kurilsk is a town and the administrative center of Severo-Kurilsky District, in the Kuril Islands of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, on the island of Paramushir.
Little Kuril Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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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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Notable Places Nearby
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