Sea of OkhotskRussia
47°17′N 151°30′E
Greater Kuril Ridge
Part of Kuril Islands
Greater Kuril Chain (Russian: Большая Курильская гряда) - a part of the Kuril Islands - is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It includes North Kurils, Iturup and Kunashir.
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Greater Kuril Chain (Russian: Большая Курильская гряда) - a part of the Kuril Islands - is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It includes North Kurils, Iturup and Kunashir. At its south western end, the Greater Kuril Chain is separated from the Lesser Kuril Chain by the South Kuril Strait. The maximum altitude in the Greater Kuril Chain is 2339m, on (Atlasov Island). Length - 1200 km. Total Area - 10,100 km2. Greater Kuril Chain is part of Sakhalin Oblast of Russia. In the southern group of islands, Iturup and Kunashir are under Russian control, but this is disputed by Japan.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands1
- Islets11
- Rocks & skerries5
Major islands
Iturup
- Area
- 3,163 km²
- High point
- 1,634 m
Iturup (Russian: Итуру́п), known in Japan as Etorofu (Japanese: 択捉島, Hepburn: Etorofu-tō), is the largest of the Kuril Islands separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. It is the largest and northernmost of the southern Kurils, in far-east Russia. The island is claimed by Japan.
Kunashir
- Area
- 1,485 km²
- High point
- 1,819 m
Kunashir (Russian: Кунаши́р, romanized: Kunashír), known in Japan as Kunashiri (Japanese: 国後島, Hepburn: Kunashiri-tō), is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands. The island has been under Russian administration since the end of World War II, when Soviet forces took possession of the Kurils.
Urup
- Area
- 1,419 km²
- High point
- 1,348 m
Urup (Russian: Уру́п, romanized: Urúp, Japanese: 得撫島, romanized: Uruppu-tō, Ainu: ウルㇷ゚, romanized: Urup) is a volcanic island in the Kuril Islands chain in the south of the Sea of Okhotsk, northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language word urup, meaning "sockeye salmon".
Minor islands
Taira Islands
- Area
- 0.21 km²
- High point
- 23 m
Islets
Rocks & skerries
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- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Iturup | 3,163 km² |
| Kunashir | 1,485 km² |
| Urup | 1,419 km² |
| Taira Islands | 0.21 km² |
| Krab | 0.09 km² |
| Щетининой | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Groups within
Overlapping groups
Photographs
Остров Уруп: Курильский городской округ, Сахалинская область
View in Rausu Kunashiri Observatory Deck. It is Kunashir Island.
Iturup Island nature, fall 2019
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Остров Уруп. Фото Алексей Романов / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rausu Kunashiri Observatory Deck 3. Tzu-hsun, Hsu / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Iturup Canyon. Vera.vvo / CC BY-SA 4.0