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Kuril Islands
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Kuril Islands
The
Kuril Islands
or
Kurile Islands
(, , or ; ;
Japanese
: ), in
Russia
's
Sakhalin Oblast
region, form a volcanic
archipelago
that stretches approximately northeast from
Hokkaido
,
Japan
, to
Kamchatka
,
Russia
, separating the
Sea of Okhotsk
from the North
Pacific Ocean
. There are 56 islands and many minor rocks. It consists of
Greater Kuril Ridge
and
Lesser Kuril Ridge
. The total land area is and the total population is 19,434.
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