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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Kunashir

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Latitude
44.1493° or 44° 8′ 57″ north
Longitude
145.8754° or 145° 52′ 31″ east
Open location code
8RP74VXG+P4
Geo­Names ID
2124018
Wiki­data ID
Q847285

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kunashir” goes by many names.
  • 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: “Kunaxir”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Кунашыр”
  • Belarusian: “Кунашыр”
  • Bulgarian: “Кунашир”
  • Catalan: “Kunaixir”
  • Cebuano: “Kunashir Island”
  • 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”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره كوناشير”
  • Esperanto: “Kunaŝiro”
  • Estonian: “Kunašir”
  • Finnish: “Kunašir”
  • French: “Kounachir”
  • Galician: “Kunashir”
  • Georgian: “კუნაშირი”
  • German: “Kunaschir”
  • German: “Kunashiri-to”
  • German: “Kunashiri-tō”
  • German: “Kunashirito”
  • German: “Kunashiritō”
  • Greek: “Κουνασίρ”
  • Hebrew: “קונשיר”
  • Hungarian: “Kunasir”
  • Hungarian: “Kunasiri”
  • 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: “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”
  • Swedish: “Kunasjir”
  • Thai: “เกาะคูนาชีร์”
  • Turkish: “Kunaşir Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Кунашир”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Кунасірі”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ کناشیر”
  • Uzbek: “Kuvashir”
  • Vietnamese: “Kunashir”
  • Yue Chinese: “國後島”
  • “Kunashiri”

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