Shana, Hokkaido
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Shana is a notional village administrative unit claimed by Japan in Shana District, Hokkaido. It is located on the island of Iturup in the disputed Northern Territories area of the Kuril Islands. It i
Shana Village in Etorofu, before 1945
Kuril Islands
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The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km northeast from Hokkaido in Ja
Shana, Hokkaido
…administrative unit claimed by Japan in Shana District, Hokkaido. It is located on the island of Iturup in the disputed Northern Territories area of the Kuril Islands. It is administered by Russia as part of Kurilsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, although Japan continues to claim it as part of their own territory…
A coastline along one of the Kuril Islands
Caldera of the island Ushishir
Stratovolcano Mt. Ruruy as viewed from Yuzhno-Kurilsk
Kuril Ainu people next to their traditional dwelling