Nemuro Strait

Nemuro Strait, also called Notsuke Strait and Kunashirsky Strait, is a strait separating Kunashir Island of the , from the , Hokkaidō, .
Wikipedia
  • Strait
  • Description: strait between Hokkaido, Japan, and the Kuril Islands administered by Russia
  • Also known as
    “Ezo-kaikyō”
    “Hokkaido Str.”
    “Hokkaido Strait”
    “Kunashir Strait”
    “Kunashiraskiy Proliv”
    “Kunashirskiy Proliv”
    “Nemoro-kaikio”
    “Nemoro-kaikyō”
    “Nemuro-kaikyō”
    “Str. of Hokkaido”
    “Str. of Yeso”
    “Strait of Hokkaido”
    “Strait of Yeso”
    “Yeso Str.”
    “Yeso Strait”
  • Category: body of water
  • Location
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Latitude
44.01439° or 44° 0′ 52″ north
Longitude
145.41103° or 145° 24′ 40″ east
Open location code
8RP72C76+QC
Geo­Names ID
2122935
Wiki­data ID
Q1345493

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Nemuro Strait” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Kunaşir boğazı”
  • Bulgarian: “Кунаширски проток”
  • Bulgarian: “Немуро”
  • Cebuano: “Nemuro Strait”
  • Chinese: “根室海峡”
  • Chinese: “根室海峽”
  • Croatian: “Nemuro”
  • Croatian: “Tjesnac Nemuro”
  • Czech: “Kunaširský průliv”
  • Dutch: “Koenasjirskiy proliv”
  • Dutch: “Straat van Kunashir”
  • Dutch: “Straat van Nemuro”
  • Estonian: “Kunaširi väin”
  • Estonian: “Nemuro väin”
  • French: “Détroit de Nemuro”
  • German: “Nemuro-Strasse”
  • German: “Nemuro-Straße”
  • German: “Straße von Kunaschir”
  • Hebrew: “מצר נמורו”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Nemuro”
  • Japanese: “ねむろかいきょう”
  • Japanese: “ネムロカイキョウ”
  • Japanese: “根室海峡”
  • Korean: “네무로 해협”
  • Korean: “쿠나시르 해협”
  • Korean: “쿠나시르스키 해협”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Kunaszyrska”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Nemuro”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Nemuro”
  • Russian: “Кунаширский пролив”
  • Russian: “Пролив Немуро”
  • Slovak: “Kunaširský prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “preliv Nemuro”
  • Turkish: “Nemuro Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Кунаширська протока”
  • Ukrainian: “Немуро”
  • Ukrainian: “Протока Немуро”

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