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Kunashir Island
Kunashir () or is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands. The island has been under Russian administration since the end of World War II, when Soviet forces took possession of the Kurils. It is claimed by Japan as part of its "Northern Territories".
Yuzhno-Kurilsk
Yuzhno-Kurilsk (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: It is the largest settlement on the Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands.
Tyatya
Tyatya (, also spelled Tiatia and known as Chachadake (爺爺岳) in Japanese) is an active volcano located in the northeastern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It is the highest peak on the island with an elevation of . Tyatya is one of the finest examples anywhere in the world of a somma volcano, a stratovolcano whose summit has collapsed to form a caldera which has then been mostly refilled by a new, younger volcanic cone which rises above the caldera rim. thumb|150px|left|Relief Map
Golovnin
Golovnin (, Tomari-yama; ) is a caldera located in the southern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia/Japan. It is the southernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands.
Kurils Nature Reserve
Russian strict nature reserve in the Kuril Islands
Mendeleyeva
Mendeleyeva (; , Rausu-san) is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia.
Smirnov
mountain in Russia
Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport
airport in Russia
Menashi–Kunashir rebellion
1789 battle between Wajin and Ainu in Northeastern Hokkaido
Golovnino
Golovnino () is a village on the southern tip of Kunashir, the southernmost island in the Kuril Island chain. Administratively, it is classified as a rural locality (a selo) and is part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, one of the seventeen districts of Russia's Sakhalin Oblast.