What the records say
- When
- since Apr 1952
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 44.60° N, 146.80° E
- Region
- 5
- Significance
- 12
- Significance index
- 3
- Significance state1
- 6
- Significance state2
- 6
- Tangible significance
- 6
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Kuril Islands dispute
Territorial dispute between Japan and Russia
Russia and Japan have a territorial dispute over the four southernmost Kuril Islands, known in Russia as the Southern Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories. They are, from largest to smallest: Iturup/Etorofu, Kunashir/Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation