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Kunashir (Russian: Кунаши́р, koo-nah-SHIHR) is the southernmost of the Kuril Islands in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast. The island is also 24 km away from Hokkaido, Japan, and is known as Kunashiri (国後, "after the country") there. The native Ainu name Kunashir possibly means Black Island or Grass Island.
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Kunashir Island is the southernmost island of the Great Kuril Islands. Translated from the Ainu language, it means "Black Island".
The administrative centre of the island is located in the settlement of Yuzhno-Kurilsk in the central part of Kunashir on the shore of the South Kuril Strait.
Known Kunashiri (国後) in Japanese, the island is only 24 km away from Hokkaido, Japan, and is visible on a clear day. Appropriately enough, the Japanese ...
Kunashir Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia :
Kunashir Island is known for some of its popular attractions, which include: Cape Stolbchaty · Caldera of Volcano Golovnin · Golova Sobaki Mountain · Fumarole ...
Russian's Kunashir Island is seen from the town of Rausu on Sunday, September 29 in Hokkaido, Japan.