Kurile Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:climate subarctic
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Russians
gptkbp:fauna gptkb:deer
gptkb:lake
gptkb:Steller_sea_lion
various seabirds
gptkbp:flora coniferous forests
gptkbp:formerEthnicGroup Indigenous people
Japanese
gptkbp:fourthLargestIsland gptkb:Shikotan
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Kuril_Islands_(1945)
Ainu habitation
Japanese settlement until 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kurile Islands
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Russian
Indigenous people
Japanese
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Iturup
gptkb:Kunashir
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Northwest_Pacific_Ocean
between Kamchatka Peninsula and Hokkaido
gptkbp:northernmostPointOf gptkb:Shumshu
gptkbp:notableVolcano gptkb:Ebeko
gptkb:Alaid
gptkb:Tyatya
gptkbp:numberOfIslands 56
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ring_of_Fire
gptkb:Sakhalin_Oblast
gptkbp:population about 20,000
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Sea_of_Okhotsk
gptkbp:southernmostIsland gptkb:Kunashir
gptkbp:strategicImportance gptkb:military
fishing
shipping lanes
gptkbp:thirdLargestIsland gptkb:Paramushir
gptkbp:timezone UTC+11
gptkbp:treatyRelevant gptkb:Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1875)
gptkb:Treaty_of_San_Francisco
gptkb:Treaty_of_Shimoda
gptkb:Yalta_Agreement
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not listed
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Red_Banner_Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6