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 … Read More!続きを読む

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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. … Read More!続きを読む

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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 … Read More!続きを読む

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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. … Read More!続きを読む

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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 Shimamui Coast, Shakotan Mishima San’s Garden, Kutchan, Niseko Nakajima Park, Sapporo Wind Garden Furano Tenjinyama Park Itanki Beach, Muroran Otaru Dream Beach Cape Notoro Garo Falls Kamuiwakkayu … Read More!続きを読む

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