Zelyony Island

Zelyony is an unpopulated and uninhabited island in the , , . Although it is administered by Russia and had been previously by the Soviet Union, it has been claimed by Japan since 1945.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 14 metres (46 feet)
  • Description: island in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
  • Also known as
    “Ostrov Zelenyy”
    “Ostrova Zelenyy”
    “Shiba Island”
    “Shibotsu Tō”
    “Shibotsu-shima”
    “Shipotsu-jima”
    “Sibotsy”
    “Sibotu Sima”
    “Sipotsu Dzima”
    “Sipotuzima”
    “Zelenyy”
    “Zelyony”
    “Zelyonyi”

Zelyony Island

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Latitude
43.51028° or 43° 30′ 37″ north
Longitude
146.14083° or 146° 8′ 27″ east
Open location code
8RM8G46R+48
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Zelyony Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Zelyonı”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Зялёны”
  • Belarusian: “Зялёны”
  • Cebuano: “Shibotsu-jima”
  • Chinese: “志发岛”
  • Chinese: “志發島”
  • Chinese: “泽廖内岛”
  • Chinese: “澤廖內島”
  • Dutch: “Zeljoniy”
  • Italian: “Zelënyj”
  • Japanese: “しぼつとう”
  • Japanese: “シボツトウ”
  • Japanese: “ゼリョーヌイ島”
  • Japanese: “志発島”
  • Korean: “젤레니섬”
  • Persian: “جزیره زلیونی (جزایر کوریل)”
  • Persian: “جزیره زلیونی”
  • Polish: “Zielonyj”
  • Russian: “Зелёный (Малая Курильская гряда)”
  • Russian: “Зелёный”
  • Russian: “Остров Зеленый”
  • Russian: “Сибоцу”

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