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Kuril Islands

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Ku·ril Islands also Ku·rile Islands  (krl, k-rl)
An island chain of extreme eastern Russia extending about 1,207 km (750 mi) in the Pacific Ocean between Kamchatka Peninsula and northern Hokkaido, Japan. The volcanic, largely uninhabited islands were held by Japan from 1875 to 1945.
Ku·rili·an adj. & n.
Kuril Islands, Kurile Islands [kʊˈriːl]
pl n
(Placename) a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq. km (6020 sq. miles) Japanese name Chishima


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