 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
Kuril Islands (island group) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 152 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 152.0000 decimal degrees |
|
Note: Located at S tip of Kamchatka peninsula, extending to NE corner of Hokkaido island (Japan); Japan seized S islands 1855 & entire group 1875; although group held by Russia since 1945, Japan still claims islands of Kunashir, Itrup, Shikotan & Habomai. |
Names: |
|
| Kuril'skiye Ostrova (preferred,C,V)
|
| Kuril Islands (C,O,English-P)
|
| Kurilskiye Ostrova (C,V)
|
| Kuril'skije ostrova (C,V)
|
| Chishima Rettō (C,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
|
| Chishima-retto (C,O)
|
| Kurile Islands (C,O,English)
|
| Kurils (C,O)
|
| Kurilen (C,O)
|
| Kuriles, Islas (C,O)
|
| Kuril’skiye Ostrova (C,U,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
|
| Bol’shaya Kuril’skaya (C,U,Russian (transliterated))
|
| Chishima-rettō (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
|
| 千島列島 (C,U,Japanese)
|
| Курильские Острова (C,U,Russian-P)
|
| チシマレットウ (C,U,Japanese)
|
| ちしまれっとう (C,U,Japanese-P)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
.... |
Asia (continent) (P) |
|
Place Types: |
|
| island group (preferred, C) |
............ |
sighted in 1634 by Dutch explorer Martin de Vries |
| islands (C) |
|
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
|
