Kuril Islands
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kuril-islands-179-11408754
title:
Kuril Islands
text:
Kuriru rettō The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many minor islets. The Kuril Islands consist of the Greater Kuril Chain and, at the southwest end, the parallel Lesser Kuril Chain. They cover an area of a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Island chain located in Northeast Asia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands
date created:
2003-03-17T04:28:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T00:18:35Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16