Kuril Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:climate oceanic
subarctic
gptkbp:debatedBy Yes
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Russians
Indigenous people
Japanese
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans gptkb:Martin_Spanberg
gptkbp:firstMapped Russian explorers
gptkbp:flora gptkb:fish
whales
bears
coniferous forests
foxes
sea otters
seabirds
gptkbp:historicallyInhabitedBy gptkb:Russians
gptkb:Itelmens
Indigenous people
Japanese
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kuril Islands
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Russian
Indigenous people
Japanese
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Iturup
gptkb:Kunashir
gptkb:Paramushir
gptkb:Shumshu
gptkbp:locatedBetween gptkb:Hokkaido
gptkb:Kamchatka_Peninsula
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Northwest_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:majorEarthquakes gptkb:2006_Kuril_Islands_earthquake
gptkb:2007_Kuril_Islands_earthquake
gptkbp:northernmostPointOf gptkb:Shumshu
gptkbp:numberOfIslands 56
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ring_of_Fire
gptkb:Sakhalin_Oblast
gptkbp:population about 19,000
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Sea_of_Okhotsk
gptkbp:southernmostIsland gptkb:Kunashir
gptkbp:status administered by Russia, claimed by Japan
gptkbp:strategicImportance gptkb:military
fishing
shipping lanes
gptkbp:treatyDispute gptkb:Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1875)
gptkb:Treaty_of_San_Francisco
gptkb:Treaty_of_Shimoda
gptkb:Yalta_Agreement
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_Empire
gptkb:Russian_Federation
gptkb:bird
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4