Emerald water of Okhotsk sea on the background of a mountain volcanic ridgeo on Island Iturup Disputed territories between Russia and Japan.

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The Kuril Islands dispute, known as the Northern Territories dispute in Japan, is a territorial dispute between Japan and the Russian Federation over the ownership of the four southernmost Kuril Islands. The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands that stretch between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at their southern end and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula at their northern end.

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Size: 5315px × 2953px
Location: Russia, Kurile Islands
Photo credit: © Liudmila Kotvitckaia / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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