Kuril Strait
First Kuril Strait is a strait separating the Shumshu Island of the Kuril Islands from the Cape Lopatka, Kamchatka Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Kuril Islands, Russia
- Also known as: “Chishima Strait”, “Chishima-kaikyō”, “First Kuril Strait”, “Kuril’skiy Proliv”, “Kurilen Strasse”, “Shimushu-Kaikyō”, “Shumshu Strait”, “Shumushu-kaikyo”, and “Simusyu kaikyō”
- Historically known as: “Kurile Strait”
Kuril Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Kuril Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Kuril Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Birinci Kuril boğazı”
- Bulgarian: “Първи курилски проток”
- Catalan: “Estret de les Kurils”
- Cebuano: “Kuril Strait”
- Chinese: “千岛海峡”
- Chinese: “千島海峽”
- Croatian: “Kurilski tjesnac”
- Czech: “První kurilský průliv”
- Dutch: “Eerste Koerilenstraat”
- Dutch: “Straat Koerilen”
- Dutch: “Straat van Koerilen”
- Esperanto: “Kurila Markolo”
- Esperanto: “Unua Kurila Markolo”
- Estonian: “Esimene Kuriili väin”
- Estonian: “Kuriili väin”
- French: “Premier détroit des Kouriles”
- German: “Kurilenstrasse”
- German: “Kurilenstraße”
- Hebrew: “מצר קורילים”
- Italian: “Stretto Pervyj Kuril’skij”
- Japanese: “シュムシュ海峡”
- Japanese: “千島海峡”
- Japanese: “占守海峡”
- Japanese: “第1クリル海峡”
- Japanese: “第1千島海峡”
- Japanese: “第一クリル海峡”
- Japanese: “第一千島海峡”
- Korean: “쿠릴 해협”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det første Kurilsundet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurilsundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det første Kurilsundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurilsundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pervyj Kurilskij Proliv”
- Norwegian: “Kurilsundet”
- Polish: “Pierwsza Cieśnina Kurylska”
- Russian: “1-й Курильский пролив”
- Russian: “Pervyy Kuril’skiy Proliv”
- Russian: “Первый Курильский пролив”
- Russian: “Первый Курильский Пролив”
- Slovak: “Prvý kurilský prieliv”
- Turkish: “Birinci Kuril Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Перша Курильська протока”
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