Kuril Islands

The Kuril Islands, are a chain of islands in the , located directly to the north of , , east of and southwest of .
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is the southernmost of the Kuril Islands in 's . The island is also 24 km away from , , and is known as Kunashiri there. The native Ainu name possibly means Black Island or Grass Island.

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is a town and the administrative center of Kurilsky District, in the Kuril Islands, of , . It is located on the island of Iturup.

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is a town and the administrative center of Severo-Kurilsky District, in the Kuril Islands of , . It is located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, on the island of Paramushir.

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is the northernmost island and volcano and also the highest volcano of the Kuril Islands, , .

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population: 7 800, is a village on Shikotan island, in the Kuril Islands of , . Population: 2,285…

Kuril Islands

Latitude of center
47° north
Longitude of center
152.0833° or 152° 5′ east
Population
18,000
Elevation
233 metres (764 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2131689
Wiki­data ID
Q80389
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Kuril Islands” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Курилтәи адгьылбжьахақәа”
  • Achinese: “Pulo-pulo Kuril”
  • Afrikaans: “Koeril-eilande”
  • Afrikaans: “Koerile”
  • Arabic: “جزر الكوريل”
  • Arabic: “جزر كوريل”
  • Armenian: “Կուրիլյան կղզիներ”
  • Asturian: “Isles Kuriles”
  • Asturian: “Islles Kuriles”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kuril adaları”
  • Basque: “Kuril uharteak”
  • Basque: “Kuril”
  • Basque: “Kurilak”
  • Basque: “Kuriles”
  • Belarusian: “Курыльскія астравы”
  • Bengali: “কুরিল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bosnian: “Kurilska ostrva”
  • Bosnian: “Kurilski otoci”
  • Breton: “Inizi Kouril”
  • Breton: “Kouril”
  • Bulgarian: “Курилски острови”
  • Bulgarian: “Курилските острови”
  • Catalan: “Illes Kurils”
  • Catalan: “Kurils”
  • Cebuano: “Bol’shaya Kuril’skaya”
  • Cebuano: “Chishima-rettō”
  • Cebuano: “Kuril Islands”
  • Cebuano: “Kurile Islands”
  • Cebuano: “Курильские Острова”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەکانی کوریل”
  • Chechen: “Курилийн гӀайренаш”
  • Chinese: “Kuril Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “千岛群岛”
  • Chinese: “千島列島”
  • Chinese: “千島群島”
  • Chinese: “库里尔群岛”
  • Chinese: “庫里爾列島”
  • Chinese: “庫里爾群島”
  • Chuvash: “Курил утравĕсем”
  • Croatian: “Kurili”
  • Croatian: “Kurilski otoci”
  • Czech: “Kurilské ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Kurily”
  • Danish: “Kurilerne”
  • Danish: “Kuriliske øer”
  • Dutch: “Koerilen”
  • Dutch: “Koerillen”
  • Dutch: “Kurileilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Insuloj Kuriloj”
  • Esperanto: “Kuril-insuloj”
  • Esperanto: “Kurilaj insuloj”
  • Esperanto: “Kuriloj”
  • Estonian: “Kuriili saared”
  • Estonian: “Kuriilid”
  • Finnish: “Kuriilit”
  • French: “Chishima”
  • French: “Iles Kouriles”
  • French: “îles Kouriles”
  • French: “Îles Kouriles”
  • French: “Îles Kuril”
  • French: “Kouriles”
  • French: “Territoires du Nord”
  • French: “Курильские острова”
  • French: “クリル列島”
  • French: “千島列島”
  • Galician: “Illas Kuriles”
  • Galician: “Illas Kurís”
  • Georgian: “კურილიის კუნძულები”
  • Georgian: “კურილის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Archipel der tausend Inseln”
  • German: “Kurilen-Archipel”
  • German: “Kurilen”
  • Greek: “Κουρίλες νήσοι”
  • Greek: “Κουρίλες”
  • Hebrew: “איי קוריל”
  • Hebrew: “האיים הקוריליים”
  • Hindi: “कुरिल द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “कुरील द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “कुरील द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Kuril-szigetek”
  • Icelandic: “Kúrileyjar”
  • Ido: “Kurili”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Chisima”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Kuril”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Chúiríl”
  • Italian: “Isole Curili”
  • Italian: “Isole Kurili”
  • Italian: “Kurili”
  • Japanese: “クリル列島”
  • Japanese: “クリル諸島”
  • Japanese: “ちしまれっとう”
  • Japanese: “チシマレットウ”
  • Japanese: “千島”
  • Japanese: “千島列島”
  • Javanese: “Kapuloan Kuril”
  • Kazakh: “Курил аралдары”
  • Kirghiz: “Курил аралдары”
  • Korean: “꾸릴 렬도”
  • Korean: “꾸릴렬도”
  • Korean: “지시마 열도”
  • Korean: “천도열도”
  • Korean: “쿠릴 열도”
  • Korean: “쿠릴 제도”
  • Korean: “쿠릴열도”
  • Latin: “Curilae”
  • Latin: “Curiles”
  • Latin: “Insulae Curilenses”
  • Latin: “Insulae Kurilenses”
  • Latin: “Kuriles”
  • Latvian: “Kuriļi”
  • Latvian: “Kuriļu salas”
  • Latvian: “Kuriļu”
  • Latvian: “Курильские острова”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurilai”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurilų salos”
  • Low German: “Kurilen”
  • Macedonian: “Курилски Острови”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Kuril”
  • Marathi: “कुरिल द्वीपसमूह”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kuril Kûn-tó”
  • Mongolian: “Курилийн арлууд”
  • Newari: “कुरिल न्हसिभुत”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kuriilen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurilene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuriløyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurilane”
  • Norwegian: “Kurilene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Kuriles”
  • Ossetian: “Курилы сакъадæхтæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਰੀਲ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزایر کوریل”
  • Persian: “جزیره های کوریل”
  • Persian: “جزیره‌های کوریل”
  • Polish: “Kuryle”
  • Polish: “Terytoria Północne”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Kurylskie”
  • Portuguese: “Curilas”
  • Portuguese: “Curilhas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Chishima”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Curilas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Curilhas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Kuril”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Kurilas”
  • Portuguese: “Kurilas”
  • Romanian: “Arhipelagul Kurile”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Kurile”
  • Romanian: “Kurile”
  • Russia Buriat: “Курил олтирог”
  • Russia Buriat: “Курил ольтирог”
  • Russian: “Kuril’skiye Ostrova”
  • Russian: “Курилы”
  • Russian: “Курильская гряда”
  • Russian: “Курильские о-ва”
  • Russian: “Курильские острова”
  • Russian: “Курильские Острова”
  • Russian: “Тисима”
  • Scots: “Kuril Islands”
  • Serbian: “Курилска острва”
  • Serbian: “Кури́льские острова́”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kurili”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kurilska ostrva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kurilski otoci”
  • Sicilian: “Isuli Kurili”
  • Slovak: “Kurilské ostrovy”
  • Slovak: “Kurily”
  • Slovenian: “Kurili”
  • Slovenian: “Kurilski otoki”
  • Slovenian: “Kurilsko otočje”
  • Slovenian: “Otoki Kuril”
  • Spanish: “Archipielago de las Kuriles”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago de las Kuriles”
  • Spanish: “Islas Curiles”
  • Spanish: “Islas Kuril”
  • Spanish: “Islas Kurilas”
  • Spanish: “Islas Kuriles”
  • Spanish: “Kuriles”
  • Swahili: “Funguvisiwa la Kurili”
  • Swahili: “Kurili”
  • Swedish: “Kurilerna”
  • Swedish: “Kurillerna”
  • Swedish: “Kurilöarna”
  • Tamil: “கூரில் தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Курил утраулары”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะคูริล”
  • Turkish: “Kuril Adaları”
  • Uighur: “كۇرىل ئاراللىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Курили”
  • Ukrainian: “Курильські острови”
  • Ukrainian: “Тісіма”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurile”
  • Uzbek: “Kuril orollari”
  • Uzbek: “Kuril Orollari”
  • Veps: “Kurilad”
  • Veps: “Kurilan sared”
  • Vietnamese: “Kuril”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Chishima”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Kuril”
  • Vlaams: “Koerieln”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Kuril”
  • Western Frisian: “Koerilen”
  • Western Panjabi: “کورائل جزیرے”
  • Wu Chinese: “千岛群岛”
  • Yakut: “Курил арыылар”
  • Yue Chinese: “千島群島”
  • “ma Kuli”

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