Urup
Sign in to savethumb|Ice floes off the north-eastern tip of the island.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Urup
- Islands.image_name
- UrupISS002-E-8994.PNG
- Islands.image_caption
- July 2001 NASA photograph of Urup Island
- Islands.area_km2
- 1430
- Islands.location
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Islands.map_image
- Kuriles Urup.PNG
- Islands.archipelago
- Kuril Islands
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1426
- Islands.population
- 0 (2010)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Geography and climate
- Fauna
- History
- Prehistory
- Age of Exploration
- 18th century
- 19th century
- Occupation of Urup by Great Britain and France
- Japanese Annexation of Urup
- 20th century
- 21st century
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|Ice floes off the north-eastern tip of the island.
Urup (, , ) is a volcanic island in the Kuril Islands chain in the south of the Sea of Okhotsk, northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language word urup, meaning "sockeye salmon". Historically, the island was populated and a Japanese garrison was present in the Second World War and then a Russian garrison. Today, the island is uninhabited although there are former mining operations on the island where temporary workers have resided.