Kurilski otoci
Za političku historiju spora oko suverenitea, vidite članak Spor oko Kurilskih otoka.Kurilski otoci (ruski: Кури́льские острова́ [kuˈrʲilskiɪe əstrʌˈva], Kuril'skie ostrova) u ruskoj Sahalinskoj oblasti su arhipelag vulkanskih otoka koji se proteže otprilike 1.300 km (700 milja) na sjeveroistok od Hokaida u Japanu do Kamčatke u Rusiji, te razdvaja Ohotsko more od Sjevernog Pacifika. Postoji ukupno 56 otoka i mnogo više grebena.
Vanjske veze
uredi- http://depts.washington.edu/ikip/index.shtml (Kuril Island Biocomplexity Project)
- Kuril Islands at Ocean Dots.com (includes space imagery)
- Kuril Islands Arhivirano 2008-01-01 na Wayback Machine-u at Natural Heritage Protection Fund Arhivirano 2007-11-05 na Wayback Machine-u
- http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/okhotskia/ikip/index.htm Arhivirano 2002-02-11 na Wayback Machine-u
- http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/index.html
- Chishima: Frontiers of San Francisco Treaty in Hokkaido Arhivirano 2007-05-28 na Wayback Machine-u Short film on the disputed islands from a Japanese perspective
- Talking Borders Arhivirano 2007-09-15 na Wayback Machine-u Queen's University Belfast online audio archive
- USGS Map showing location of Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake 46.616°N, 153.224°E Kuril Islands region, 2006 November 15 11:14:16 UTC
- Pictures of Cats - Kurilian Bobtail