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Main page / The Kuril islands / Map of the Kuril islands Map of the Kuril islandsThe Kuril islands are an archipelago on the border of the Sea of Okhotsk with the Pacific Ocean. It is located between the Kamchatka peninsula and the Hokkaido island (Japan). It includes more than 30 big islands and a lot of small islands and rocks. It is a part of the Sakhalin region. Its to-tal area is 15,6 thousand square km. It consists of two parallel groups of the islands: the Large Kuril range 1200 km long, and the Small Kuril range (120 km). You can also see the islands of the Kuril range having chosen it on the main page of the Descriptions of the Kuril islands. |
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