Die Kurilen (russisch: Курильские острова, japanisch: 千島列島, Chishima-rettō, deutsch „Archipel der tausend Inseln“) oder Kuril-rettō (クリル列島, ...

The trench formed as a result of the subduction zone, which formed in the late Cretaceous, that created the Kuril Islands island arc as well as the ...

Kuril'sk (anche traslitterato come Kurilsk; in giapponese, 紗那村, Shana) è una cittadina della Russia, situata nell'Estremo Oriente Russo (Oblast' di ...

It is the northernmost island in the southern Kuril islands, and though presently is controlled by Russia, Japan also claims this island (see Kuril ...

Ekarma (Russian: Экарма) is a volcanic island in northern portion of the Kuril Islands. The island covers an area of 30 km² and measures 5km by 7.5km. ...

The vegetation mostly consists of spruce, pine, fir, and mixed deciduous forests with lianas and Kuril bamboo underbrush. The mountains are covered with ...

Paramushir (Russian: Парамушир) or Paramushiro, from the Ainu for "broad island") is a Russian island in the Kuril Island chain. At 100 km in length an ...

Chikotan (Шикотан japonais: 色丹島) est une des plus grandes îles de l'archipel des Kouriles, situé dans l'Océan Pacifique entre l'île de Sakhaline et ...

Ouroup (en russe Уруп, en japonais 得撫島 Uruppu) est une île inhabitée de l'archipel des îles Kouriles. Elle fait partie de l'oblast de Sakhaline en ...

Russia, administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast (which includes the whole island and the Kurils). The city was formerly called Vladimirovka between ...