Eastern Islands (5)

Habomai Islands (Visa Needed)

List of islands Island
Japanese
Name Russian
Name Ainu
Name Area
km2 Highest point
m Latitude
N Longitude
E Distance from Cape Nosappu
km Shikotan Shikotan 色丹島
しこたんとう
Shikotan tō Остров Шикотан Si-kotan (Big village) 255 412.6 43°47' 146°44' 73.3 principal marine products being cod, crab, and kelp

GPS: 43.80309051967712, 146.74656631042993

Spangberg Channel（Habomai islands are shown

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Cape Stolbchaty, Kunashir Island (Visa Needed)

Cape Stolbchaty on the eastern side of the Kunashir Island.

GPS: 44.02542696671918, 145.6765122403166

Nature Kurilskiy State Nature Reserve (Visa Needed) Taushubetsu Bridge Shichiku Garden, Biei, Obihiro Sangaitaki Park Nijukken Road ... Read more

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Etorofu Island, Shana Village (Visa Needed)

(Upper left) Shana Village (択捉島紗那村) in pre-war days.
(Lower left) Current view of the same photo as above.
(Right) Mr. Tadaaki Iwasaki (岩崎忠明), a former islander

GPS: 45.229253865539874, 147.87380375356503

Late spring when all the flowers are in bloom

Mr. Tadaaki Iwasaki, 82, who now lives in Sapporo, was born and raised in Shana Village on the

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Shikotan Island (Visa Needed)

GPS: 43.794542355841166, 146.7470546046475

The total land area of Shikotan is 225 km². The island is hilly, averaging 300 metres in elevation. The shores of the island are very indented and covered with oceanic meadows. The highest altitude is 412 m. The island is formed by the volcanic rock and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous

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Kurilskiy State Nature Reserve (Visa Needed)

Phone: +7 424 55 21 502 (Reserve Administration)

Address: 5 Zarechnaya St., Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Russia 694500

Ecological Education and Ecotourism Department

kurilskiy @ mail.ru or kurilskiy @ gmail.com

https://peakvisor.com/park/kurils-nature-reserve.html

GPS: 44.098971444493976, 145.8991962119183

Golovnin Volcano Yankicha Island, Kuriles. Photo: Vladimir Klyushkin Most popular sites to visit are:

• Golovnin Volcano Caldera
• Tyatya Volcano
• The Pillar

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