Kunashir

Kunashir is the southernmost of the in 's . The island is also 24 km away from , , and is known as Kunashiri there. The native Ainu name Kunashir possibly means Black Island or Grass Island.
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population: 7 800, is the main town of the Kuril islands, in , . It is on the mouth of the Sevebryanka river at the Yuzhno-Kurilsky cape, on Kunashir island - or 'Black Island' in the indigenous Ainu language.

Kunashir

Latitude
44.1493° or 44° 8′ 57″ north
Longitude
145.8754° or 145° 52′ 31″ east
Population
7,000
Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)
IATA airport code
DEE
Open location code
8RP74VXG+P4
Geo­Names ID
2124018
Wiki­data ID
Q847285
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kunashir” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Kunashir
  • Achinese: Pulo Kunashir
  • Afrikaans: Koenasjir
  • Ainu (Japan): クナシㇼ
  • Ainu (Japan): クナシリトウ
  • Arabic: جزيرة كوناشير
  • Azerbaijani: Kunaşir
  • Basque: Kunashir
  • Basque: Kunaxir
  • Belarusian: Востраў Кунашыр
  • Belarusian: Кунашыр
  • Bulgarian: Кунашир
  • Catalan: Kunaixir
  • Catalan: Kunashir
  • Cebuano: Kunashir Island
  • Chinese: Kunashir
  • Chinese: 国后岛
  • Chinese: 國後島
  • Chinese: 库纳希尔岛
  • Chinese: 庫納希爾
  • Chinese: 庫納希爾島
  • Chinese: 庫納施爾島
  • Czech: Kunašir
  • Czech: Kunaširi
  • Danish: Kunasjir
  • Dutch: Koenasjir
  • Dutch: Kunashiri
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره كوناشير
  • Esperanto: Kunaŝiro
  • Estonian: Kunašir
  • Finnish: Kunashir
  • Finnish: Kunashiri
  • Finnish: Kunašir
  • French: Kounachir
  • French: Kunashir
  • Galician: Kunashir
  • Georgian: კუნაშირი
  • German: Kunaschir
  • German: Kunashir
  • German: Kunashiri-to
  • German: Kunashiri-tō
  • German: Kunashiri
  • German: Kunashirito
  • German: Kunashiritō
  • Greek: Κουνασίρ
  • Hebrew: קונשיר
  • Indonesian: Kunashir
  • Italian: Kunashir
  • Italian: Kunašir
  • Japanese: Kunashiri-tō
  • Japanese: Kunisuri-tŏ
  • Japanese: クナシリ
  • Japanese: くなしりとう
  • Japanese: クナシリ島
  • Japanese: クナシル島
  • Japanese: 国後
  • Japanese: 国後島
  • Javanese: Kunashir
  • Kirghiz: Кунашир
  • Korean: 구나시르 섬
  • Korean: 구나시리 섬
  • Korean: 쿠나시르 섬
  • Korean: 쿠나시르섬
  • Korean: 쿠나시리 섬
  • Latin: Insula Cunasiria
  • Latvian: Kunašira
  • Lithuanian: Kunaširas
  • Macedonian: Кунашир
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kunashir
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kunasjir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kunashiri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kunasjir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Кунашир
  • Norwegian: Kunasjir
  • Ossetian: Кунашир
  • Persian: جزیره کوناشیری
  • Polish: Kunasziri
  • Polish: Kunaszyr
  • Portuguese: Kunashir
  • Russian: Ostrov Kunashir
  • Russian: Ostrov Kunasiri
  • Russian: Двадцать первый
  • Russian: Коносиръ
  • Russian: Кунасири-то:
  • Russian: Кунашир
  • Russian: Кунашири
  • Russian: Чёрный остров
  • Slovak: Kunašir
  • Slovak: Kunasiri-tó
  • Slovak: Kunaširi
  • Slovenian: Kunašir
  • Spanish: Kunashir
  • Spanish: Kunashiri
  • Swedish: Kunasjir
  • Thai: เกาะคูนาชีร์
  • Turkish: Kunaşir Adası
  • Ukrainian: Кунашир
  • Ukrainian: Острів Кунасірі
  • Urdu: جزیرہ کناشیر
  • Uzbek: Kuvashir
  • Vietnamese: Kunashir
  • Yue Chinese: 國後島

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