Shikotan, also known as Shpanberg or Spanberg, is an island in the Kurils administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of...

Kunashir (Russian: Кунашир)—Kunashiri Island (Japanese: 国後島) Shikotan (Russian: Шикотан)—Shikotan Island (Japanese: 色丹島) Habomai Islands (Russian: острова...

Shikotan (Japanese: 色丹村, Shikotan-mura, Russian: Шикотан) is a village in Shikotan District, both of which are located in the disputed Northern Territories...

(択捉島, Etorofu-tō) Kunashir - Kunashiri (国後島, Kunashiri-tō) Shikotan - Shikotan (色丹島, Shikotan-tō) Habomai Islands - Habomai (歯舞群島, Habomai-guntō) Liancourt...

War II. But together with Iturup (Etorofu), Kunashir (Kunashiri), and Shikotan, the islands are claimed by Japan. In the fifteenth century, the Matsumae...

interpretation that would suggest other "territorial questions" beyond Shikotan-Habomai issue. The Japanese agreed to drop the expression but had a different...

three largest (Iturup and Kunashir), as part of its territory, as well as Shikotan and the unpopulated Habomai islets, which has led to the ongoing Kuril...

dispute): Uruppu (Urup) Shimushiru (Simushir) Shumushu (Shumshu) Habomai Rocks Shikotan Island Kunashiri Etorofu (Iturup) Official Website (in Japanese) 43°19′49″N...

mine trawlers and transports (departing from Otomari) on Kunashir and Shikotan in the southern Kuril Islands. This was an assault landing against Japanese...

contained the Kuril Islands from Kunashiri northwards, and later incorporated Shikotan as well. Its original territory is currently occupied by Russia, and its...