Kapuloan Kuril

Kapuloan Kuril (, , or ;  utawa ; Basa Jepang:  utawa , ing Oblast Sakhalin, Ruslan, yaiku kapuloan vulkanik kang ngabentang dawané  wiwit lor-wétan Hokkaido, Jepang, nganti Ujung KamchatkaKamchatka, Ruslan, kapisah déning Sagara Okhotsk saka Samodra Pasifik Lor. Ana 56 pulo lan karang. Ambané laaldan iki ana  lan gunggung cacah jiwané ana 19.434 wong.

Kapuloan Kuril dikuwasani déning Ruslan. Jepang ngeklaim loro pulo paling kidul yaiku Iturup lan Kunashir minangka pérangan saka wewengkoné, kaya Shikotan lan Habomai kang isih dipersengkétakaké. Kapuloan kang dipersengkétakaké ing Jepang dijuluki minangka "Teritorial Paling Lor Nagara".

 Étimologi 
Jeneng Kuril dijupuk saka Basa Ainu: "kur", artiné wong. Ing Basa Jepang, kapuloan iki sinebut Kapuloan Chishima (Kanji:   , tegesé, Kapuloan Sewu), uga sinebut Kapuloan Kuriru (Katakana:   , literally, Kapuloan Kuril).

 Dhaftar Pulo 
jmpl|Karang Signalny, kadeleng seka Cape Nosappu, Jepang
Tabèl ing ngisor iki nuduhaké informasi ngenani pulo-pulo wiwit ka lor nganti kidul:
PuloJenengJeneng AlternatifGugus KapuloanIbukothaKutha LiyaneJembar 
(km2)PopulasiDhistrik Severo-KurilskyKuril LorKuril Lor (Kita-chishima / 北千島)Severo-KurilskShelikovo, Podgorny, Baikovo3.504,002.560ShumshuШумшу占守島ShumushuKuril LorBaikovo388.020AtlasovАтласова阿頼度島Oyakoba, AraidoKuril LorPesisir Alaidskaya150.00ParamushirПарамушир幌筵島Paramushiru, HoromushiroKuril LorSevero-KurilskShelikovo, Podgorny2,053.02,540AntsiferovАнциферова志林規島ShirinkiKuril LorPesisir AntsiferovCape Terkut7.00MakanrushiМаканруши磨勘留島MakanruKuril LorJakat50.00AwosАвось帆掛岩Hokake, HainokoKuril Lor0.10OnekotanОнекотан温禰古丹島Kuril LorMusselKuroisi, Nemo, Shestakov425.00KharimkotanХаримкотан春牟古丹島Harimukotan, HarumukotanKuril LorSunazhmaPesisir Severgin70.00EkarmaЭкарма越渇磨島EkarumaKuril LorKruglyy30.00ChirinkotanЧиринкотан知林古丹島Kuril LorCape Ptichy6.00ShiashkotanШиашкотан捨子古丹島ShasukotanKuril LorMakarovka122.00Lowuschki RocksЛовушки牟知列岩MushiruKuril Lor1,50RaikokeРайкоке雷公計島Kuril LorRaikoke4.60MatuaМатуа松輪島MatsuwaKuril LorSarychevo52.00RasshuaРасшуа羅処和島Rashowa, RasutsuaKuril LorArches Point67.00SrednegoСреднего摺手岩SurideKuril Lor0UshishirУшишир宇志知島UshishiruKuril LorKraternyaRyponkicha5.00KetoyКетой計吐夷島KetoiKuril LorStorozheva73.00Dhistrik Kurilsky District Kuril Tengah (Naka-chishima / 中千島)ana ing tengah-tengahKurilskReidovo, Kitovyi, Rybaki, Goryachiye Klyuchi, Kasatka, Burevestnik, Shumi-Gorodok, Gornyy5,138.46,606SimushirСимушир新知島Shimushiru, ShinshiruKuril LorKraternyySrednaya bay360.00BroutonaБроутона武魯頓島Buroton, MakanruruKuril LorNedostupnyy7.00ChirpoyЧирпой知理保以島Chirihoi, ChierupoiKuril LorPeschanaya Bay21.00Brat ChirpoyevБрат Чирпоев知理保以南島ChirihoinanKuril LorGarovnikovaSemenova16.00UrupУруп得撫島UruppuKuril LorMys KastrikumMys Van-der-Lind1,450.0~4OtherKuril Lor4.40IturupИтуруп択捉島EtorofuKuril Kidul (Minami-chishima / 南千島)KurilskReidovo, Kitovyi, Rybaki, Goryachiye Klyuchi, Kasatka, Burevestnik, Shumi-Gorodok, Gornyy3,280.06,602Yuzhno-Kurilsky DistrictKuril KidulKuril KidulYuzhno-KurilskMalokurilskoye, Rudnaya, Lagunnoye, Otrada, Goryachiy Plyazh, Aliger, Mendeleyevo, Dubovoye, Polino, Golovnino1,860.810,268KunashirКунашир国後島KunashiriKuril KidulYuzhno-KurilskRudnaya, Lagunnoye, Otrada, Goryachiy Plyazh, Aliger, Mendeleyevo, Dubovoye, Polino, Golovnino1,499.07,800Shikotan GroupШикотан色丹列島Kuril KidulMalokurilskoyeDumnova, Otradnaya, Krabozavodskoye (Anama), Zvezdnaya, Voloshina, Kray Sveta264.132,440Shikotan Шикотан色丹島Kuril KidulMalokurilskoyeDumnova, Otradnaya, Krabozavodskoye (formerly Anama), Zvezdnaya, Voloshina, Kray Sveta255.002,440OtherKuril KidulAyvazovskovo9.10KhabomaiХабомаи歯舞群島HabomaiKuril KidulZorkiyZelyonyi, Polonskogo97.7028** PolonskogoПолонского多楽島TarakuKuril KidulPesisir Moriakov11.572** OskolkiОсколки海馬島Todo, KaibaKuril Kidul0** ZelyonyiЗелёный志発島ShibotsuKuril KidulGlushnevskyi station58.723** KharkarХаркар春苅島Harukaru, DyominaKuril KidulHaruka0.80** YuriЮрий勇留島YuriKuril KidulKalernaya10.320** AnuchinaАнучина秋勇留島AkiyuriKuril KidulBolshoye Bay2.350** TanfilyevaТанфильева水晶島SuishōKuril KidulZorkiyTanfilyevka Bay, Bolotnoye12.9223** StorozhevoyСторожевой萌茂尻島MoemoshiriKuril Kidul0.070** RifovyРифовыйオドケ島OdokeKuril Kidul0** SignalnyСигнальный貝殻島KaigaraKuril Kidul0.020** OtherKuril KidulOpasnaga, Udivitelnaya1.00Total10,503.219,434
 Deleng Uga 

 Gempa Kapuloan Kuril 2006
 Gempa Kapuloan Kuril 2007
 Provinsi Chishima
 Zemlyak

 Rujukan 

 Uga wacanen 

 Gorshkov, G. S. Volcanism and the Upper Mantle Investigations in the Kurile Island Arc. Monographs in geoscience. New York: Plenum Press, 1970. 
 Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich, and James Greive. The History of Kamtschatka and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1963.
 Rees, David. The Soviet Seizure of the Kuriles. New York: Praeger, 1985. 
 Takahashi, Hideki, and Masahiro Ōhara. Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin. Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Museum, no. 2-. Sapporo, Japan: Hokkaido University Museum, 2004.
 Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan. 2006. .
 Alan Catharine and Denis Cleary. Unwelcome Company. A fiction thriller novel set in 1984 Tokyo and the Kuriles featuring a light aircraft crash and escape from Russian-held territory. On Kindle.

 Pranala njaba 

 Southern Kuriles / Northern Territories: A Stumbling-block in Russia-Japan Relationship, history and analysis by Andrew Andersen, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, May 2001
 http://depts.washington.edu/ikip/index.shtml (Kuril Island Biocomplexity Project)
  (includes space imagery)
 Kuril Islands at Natural Heritage Protection Fund
 The International Kuril Island Project
 http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/index.html
 Chishima: Frontiers of San Francisco Treaty in Hokkaido  Short film on the disputed islands from a Japanese perspective
 USGS Map showing location of Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake 46.616°N, 153.224°E Kuril Islands region, November 15, 2006 11:14:16 UTC
 Pictures of Cats – Kurilian Bobtail
 Pictures of Kuril Islands
 Kuril Islands at Encyclopædia Britannica