Islands of the Russian Far East

Sakhalin (, ) is an island in Northeast Asia. Its north coast lies off the southeastern coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, while its southern tip lies north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. An island of the West Pacific, Sakhalin divides the Sea of Okhotsk to its east from the Sea of Japan to its southwest. It is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast and is the largest island of Russia, with an area of . The island has a population of roughly 500,000, the majority of whom are Russians. The indigenous peoples of the island are the Ainu, Oroks, and Nivkhs, who are now only present in very

island chain located in Northeast Asia administered by Russia

chain of islands in the Northern Pacific

group of treeless, sparsely populated islands in the Russian part of the Bering Sea

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".

Russian island in the Bering Sea, part of Commander Islands

Iturup (), known in Japan as , is the largest of the Kuril Islands separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. The town of Kurilsk, administrative center of Kurilsky District, is located roughly midway along its western shore. Iturup is the largest and northernmost of the southern Kurils, ownership of which is disputed between Russia and Japan. It is located between Kunashiri to its southwest and Urup to its northeast. The Vries Strait between Iturup and Urup forms the Miyabe Line dividing the predominant plants of the Kurils.

thumb|Ice floes off the north-eastern tip of the island.

Paramushir (; ) is a volcanic island in the northern portion of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is separated from Shumshu by the very narrow Second Kuril Strait in the northeast , from Antsiferov by the Luzhin Strait () to the southwest, from Atlasov in the northwest by , and from Onekotan in the south by the wide Fourth Kuril Strait. Its northern tip is from Cape Lopatka at the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Severo-Kurilsk, the administrative center of the Severo-Kurilsky district, is the only permanently populated settlement on Param

island in Russia

Shumshu (; ; ) is the easternmost and second-northernmost island of the Kuril Islands chain, which divides the Sea of Okhotsk from the northwest Pacific Ocean. The name of the island is derived from the Ainu language, meaning "good island". It is separated from Paramushir by the very narrow Second Kuril Strait in the northeast , and its northern tip is , from Cape Lopatka at the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The island has a seasonal population of around 100 inhabitants.

island in Russia

island group in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

Ekarma (; Japanese 越渇磨島; Ekaruma-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, separated from Shiashkotan Island by the Ekarma Strait. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “safe anchorage”.

island off of Sakhalin Island

Onekotan (; , occasionally ; ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "large village”. It is the second largest island, after Paramushir, in the northern subgroup of the Kurils. It is administratively included in the Severo-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin oblast, Russia.

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Chirinkotan (; Japanese 知林古丹島; Chirinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "mudslide". It is located west of Ekarma, its nearest neighbor.

thumb|right|225px|Onekotan Island (center), with Makanrushi at upper left and [[Kharimkotan at bottom. North at top.]]

island in the Bering Sea, part of Commander Islands

Broutona (; Japanese 武魯頓島; Buroton-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the southern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from William Robert Broughton, a British ship captain who charted many of the Kuril Islands during his voyages during the 18th century. Its original Ainu name was Makanrur, which translates roughly to "island in a strong current".

Simushir (, , ), meaning Large Island in Ainu, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It was formerly known as Marikan.

Harimkotan (; ; alternatively , ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located from Onekotan near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from 'village of many Cardiocrinum.'

Raikoke (, ), also spelled Raykoke, is, as of 2019, a Russian uninhabited volcanic island near the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, distant from the island of Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from the Hokkaido Ainu word "hellmouth".

Ketoy (or Ketoi) (; Japanese 計吐夷島; Ketoi-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "skeleton" or "bad".

alt=Shiashkotan Island|thumb|264x264px|Shiashkotan Island Shiashkotan () (; Shasukotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, separated from Ekarma by the Ekarma Strait. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from “Konbu village”.

island in Russia

thumb|Caldera and bay of Yankicha Ushishir (; Japanese: 宇志知島; Ushishiru-tō; Ainu: ウシシㇼ, lit. "Land of the bay") is a collective name for two uninhabited volcanic islands and several reefs, all being parts of an eponymous partially submerged volcano, located in the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for "hot spring".

Rasshua (, ) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, from Ushishir and southwest of Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language for “fur coat”, "Rushu o a" (ルシュ・オ・ア), or "abundant furs", "Rushi o a" (ルシ・オ・ア).

island in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, part of Shantar Islands

island group in Kuril Islands, Russia

island in Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan, Russia

island in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, part of Shantar Islands

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archipelago in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

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island in Peter the Great Gulf, Russia, part of Eugénie Archipelago

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island in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

island in Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan, Russia

a small, narrow island in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk, one of the Shantar Islands

island group in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation

island group in Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation

island in Magadan Oblast, Russia

island in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, part of Shantar Islands

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Kamen-Mukdykyn is a small uninhabited island in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the Russian Far East.

island in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation

island in Russia

Oremif Island (Остров Оримиф) is an island in the Sakhalin Gulf, at the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk. It is located in the Amur Liman, about 3 km from the shore.

island in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

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island in Peter the Great Gulf, Russia, part of Eugénie Archipelago

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island in Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation

island in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation

island in Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, part of Shantar Islands

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