Kuril Strait

First Kuril Strait is a strait separating the Island of the from the , .
Wikipedia
  • Strait
  • …was formerly known as “Kurile 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”
    “Simusyu kaikyō”

Kuril Strait

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Latitude
50.83556° or 50° 50′ 8″ north
Longitude
156.58472° or 156° 35′ 5″ east
Open location code
9R2RRHPM+6V
Geo­Names ID
2122134
Wiki­data ID
Q1337663

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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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