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Kuril'skiye Ostrova (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 |
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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. |
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Kuril'skiye Ostrova (preferred,C,V)
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Kuril Islands (C,O,English-P)
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Kurilskiye Ostrova (C,V)
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Kuril'skije ostrova (C,V)
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Chishima Rettō (C,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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Chishima-retto (C,O)
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Kurile Islands (C,O,English)
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Kurils (C,O)
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Kurilen (C,O)
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Kuriles, Islas (C,O)
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Kuril’skiye Ostrova (C,U,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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Bol’shaya Kuril’skaya (C,U,Russian (transliterated))
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Chishima-rettō (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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千島列島 (C,U,Japanese)
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Курильские Острова (C,U,Russian-P)
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チシマレットウ (C,U,Japanese)
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ちしまれっとう (C,U,Japanese-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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island group (preferred, C) |
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sighted in 1634 by Dutch explorer Martin de Vries |
islands (C) |
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