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    Iturup (Russian: Итуру́п), also historically known by other names, is an island in the Kuril Archipelago separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific...
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    Iturup Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Итуруп) (IATA: ITU, ICAO: UHSI) is a public airport on Iturup Island, Russia. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast...
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    claims the four southernmost islands, including two of the three largest (Iturup and Kunashir), as part of its territory, as well as Shikotan and the unpopulated...
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  • on Iturup Island Baransky on Iturup Island Berutarube on Iturup Island Bogatyr Ridge on Iturup Island (includes Stokap) Bogdan Khmelnitsky on Iturup Island...
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    two mine trawlers (ТЩ-589 and ТЩ-590) to Rubetzu Bay on Iturup island. The landings on Iturup were continued by the 355th Rifle Division, which also landed...
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    Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture. The islands in dispute are: Iturup (Russian: Итуруп)—Etorofu Island (Japanese: 択捉島, Etorofu-tō) Kunashir (Russian:...
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    varieties of the same subspecies. Later, explorers to the Kuril islands of Iturup and Kunashir believed that the wolves they saw there were the Japanese subspecies...
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    Japan's northernmost point is disputed, because Japan considers it to be on Iturup, an island de facto governed by Russia. The southernmost point is Okinotorishima;...
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    Fragaria iturupensis, the Iturup strawberry, is a species of wild strawberry, endemic to Iturup in the Kuril Islands. It is noted to have relatively large...
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    separated by the Catherine Strait (Kunashiri Suido) from the island of Iturup, located 22 km northeast; Kunashir Strait (upper Nemuro Kaikyo) from Shiretoko...
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    (Cascade Mountains in Oregon) Fragaria iturupensis =Staudt - Iturup strawberry (Iturup, Kuril Islands) Fragaria × Comarum hybrids Fragaria × vescana...
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    claim the southernmost islands as the Northern Territories, consisting of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands. This claim is based on ambiguities...
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    Russia and claimed by Japan. These islands are called the Chishima Islands. Iturup - Etorofu (択捉島, Etorofu-tō) Kunashir - Kunashiri (国後島, Kunashiri-tō) Shikotan...
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  • language of the Kuril Islands. The main inhabited islands were Kunashir, Iturup and Urup in the south, and Shumshu in the north. Other islands either had...
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    (Tao-Rusyr caldera, Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russia) Medvezhya (Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia) Milna (Simushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia)...
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    (Simushir) Shumushu (Shumshu) Habomai Rocks Shikotan Island Kunashiri Etorofu (Iturup) Official Website (in Japanese) 43°19′49″N 145°35′04″E / 43.33038°N 145...
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    - is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It includes North Kurils, Iturup and Kunashir. At its south western end, the Greater Kuril Chain is separated...
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    It also occurs on Honshu and Hokkaido Islands in Japan and on Kunashir, Iturup, and Sakhalin Islands in Russia. The least weasel occupies a similar type...
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    Kurilsk (category Iturup)
    Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the island of Iturup. Population: 2,070 (2010 Russian census); 2,233 (2002 Census); 2,699 (1989...
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    Islands. They are currently under Russian administration, but together with Iturup (Etorofu), Kunashir (Kunashiri), and Shikotan are claimed by Japan. In the...
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    Kasatka Bay (category Iturup)
    Hitokappu Bay (単冠湾, Hitokappu Wan), is a natural harbor at the central part of Iturup, Kuril Islands. It has been controlled by the Soviet Union since the Soviets...
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    Henrietta Island, De Long Islands Herald Island Iony Island, Sea of Okhotsk Iturup (Etorofu), Kuril Islands, claimed by Japan Jeannette Island, De Long Islands...
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    Sakhalin Oblast, in Russia. However, the Habomai Islands, together with Iturup, Kunashir and Shikotan, are claimed by Japan. The island got its name from...
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    3,190 1,230 Solomon Islands (Makira-Ulawa Province) 162 Etorofu Island/Iturup 3,167 1,223 Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō region...
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  • earthquake was a Mw 8.3–8.4 earthquake that struck near the Kuril island of Iturup on November 6, 1958, at 22:58 UTC, or 09:58 on the 7th local time. The earthquake...
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    245 square kilometres (1,253 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Russia's Iturup Island. These are the important cities/towns of the district: Barpeta The...
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    Kuril Islands, creating a maritime boundary between the Japanese Etorofu (Iturup) in the south and the Russian Urup in the north. The treaty did not determine...
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    population): This group numbered almost 2,000 people (mainly in Kunashir, Iturup, and Urup) during the 18th century. In 1884, their population had decreased...
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    as a sovereign nation. The Kuril Islands dispute concerns the islands of Iturup, Kunashir, and Shikotan and the Khabomai group, all of which had belonged...
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  • Japan by Maarten Gerritszoon Vries now believed to be a garbled account of Iturup, one of the Kurils in the North Pacific Staten Island, a 2009 film by James...
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