Nemuro Subprefecture
Shikotan (Russian: Шикотан; ; ), also known as Shpanberg (after Martin Spangberg), is an island in the Kurils administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast. It is claimed by Japan as the nominal , part of Nemuro Subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture.