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Wikipedia: The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, is a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. All of the islands are under Russian jurisdiction, although the southernmost four are claimed by Japan as part of its territory.
![[Matua Island as seen from Raikoke.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Matua_s.jpg "Matua Island as seen from Raikoke.")
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![[An image of the Sarychev Volcano as seen from the International Space Station.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sarychev_Volcano_s.jpg "An image of the Sarychev Volcano as seen from the International Space Station.")
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![[Atlasov Island — second northernmost island of the Kurils, viewed from space]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Atlasov_island_s.jpg "Atlasov Island — second northernmost island of the Kurils, viewed from space")
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