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    Sovetsky StraitRussia

    43°29′N 146°01′E

    Habomai Islands

    Хабомаи

    Part of Lesser Kuril Ridge and South Kuril Islands

    The Habomai Islands are a group of uninhabited islets (excluding the Russian guards stationed there) in the southernmost Kuril Islands. The islands have been under Soviet/Russian administration since the 1945 invasion of the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union near the end of World War II.

    Nemuro Peninsula and Goyomai Channel
    Nemuro Peninsula and Goyomai Channel

    US Military / Public domain

    Chart

    465 landforms

    Overview

    The Habomai Islands are a group of uninhabited islets (excluding the Russian guards stationed there) in the southernmost Kuril Islands. The islands have been under Soviet/Russian administration since the 1945 invasion of the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union near the end of World War II. However, together with Iturup (Etorofu), Kunashir (Kunashiri), and Shikotan, the islands are claimed by Japan.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands4
    • Minor islands4
    • Islets93
    • Rocks & skerries364

    Major islands

    4
    • Zelyony Island

      Zelyony Island

      Area
      58.1 km²
      High point
      27 m

      Zelyony (Russian: Остров Зелёный, romanized: Ostrov Zelyony, lit. 'green island', Russian pronunciation: [ˈostrəf zʲɪˈlʲɵnɨj]; Japanese: 志発島, romanized: Shibotsu-tō, Japanese pronunciation: [ɕi̥botsɯ̥toː]) is an unpopulated and uninhabited island in the Kuril Island chain, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.

    • Tanfiliev Island

      Tanfiliev Island

      Area
      12.1 km²
      High point
      23 m

      Tanfiliev (Russian: Танфильева, romanized: Tanfilyeva; Japanese: 水晶島, romanized: Suishō-tō) is an uninhabited island in the Habomai Islands, part of the Lesser Kuril Chain. It is administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast.

    • Polonsky Island

      Polonsky Island

      Area
      10.8 km²
      High point
      18 m

      Polonsky Island (Russian: Полонского; Japanese: 多楽島 Taraku-to), or Polonskogo, is an unpopulated island in the Habomai Islands in the southern part of the Lesser Kuril Islands which administratively belongs to Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, in Russia.

    • Yuri Island

      Area
      9.7 km²
      High point
      43 m

      Yuri (Russian: Юрий, Japanese: 勇留島, romanized: Yuri-to, Ainu: ウリル, romanized: Uriru) is an uninhabited island in the Habomai Islands sub-group of the Kuril Islands chain in the south of the Sea of Okhotsk, northwest Pacific Ocean.

    Minor islands

    4

    Rocks & skerries

    364

    On the chart above, at its closest zooms.

    Listing 8 of 465; the rest are on the chart.

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level20 m40 m60 m55 mAyvazovskogo43 mYuri40 mAnuchina38 mострова Дёмина36 mPon-harukaru-shima27 mZelyony23 mTanfiliev18 mPolonsky
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.1110100Zelyony: 58.1 km²ZelyonyTanfiliev: 12.1 km²TanfilievPolonsky: 10.8 km²PolonskyYuri: 9.7 km²YuriAnuchina: 2 km²AnuchinaAyvazovskogo: 0.77 km²Ayvazovskogoострова Дёмина: 0.47 km²острова ДёминаPon-harukaru-shima: 0.12 km²Pon-harukaru-shima
    km², log scale
    Zelyony Island58.1 km²
    Tanfiliev Island12.1 km²
    Polonsky Island10.8 km²
    Yuri Island9.7 km²
    Anuchina2 km²
    Ayvazovskogo0.77 km²
    острова Дёмина0.47 km²
    Pon-harukaru-shima0.12 km²

    Groups within

    4

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs