Lesser Kuril Chain
The Lesser Kuril Chain, is an island chain in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The islands are administered as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, and many sources consider the chain to be geographically part of the Kuril Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in East Asia
- Also known as: “Lesser Kuril Ridge”
Lesser Kuril Chain
- Categories: ridge, dorsum, island group, and landform
- Location: Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lesser Kuril Chain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Lesser Kuril Chain” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Klein-Koerile”
- Armenian: “Փոքր Կուրիլյան շղթա”
- Armenian: “Փոքր շղթա (Կուրիլներ)”
- Azerbaijani: “Kiçik Kuril cərgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Малая Курыльская града”
- Chinese: “小千岛群岛”
- Chinese: “小千島群島”
- Dutch: “Kleine Koerilen”
- Esperanto: “Malgranda Kurila Insulĉeno”
- Esperanto: “Malgrandaj Kuriloj”
- Estonian: “Väike-Kuriilid”
- French: “crête inférieure des Kouriles”
- French: “Crête inférieure des Kouriles”
- Japanese: “小クリル列島”
- Japanese: “小千島列島”
- Polish: “Mały Łańcuch Kurylski”
- Russian: “Малая гряда (Курилы)”
- Russian: “Малая Курильская гряда”
- Slovenian: “Mali kurilski greben”
- Thai: “ห่วงโซ่เลสเซอร์คูริล”
- Ukrainian: “Мала Курильська гряда”
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