(2000 est. pop. 4,100). Kunashiro Island (or Kunashir, as the Russians know it) is a long, narrow volcanic island located approximately twenty kilometers from the eastern coast of the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. It is separated from this larger...

Coordinates: 44°07′N 145°51′E / 44.117, 145.85 Kunashir Island (Russian: Кунаши́р; Japanese: 国後島, Kunashiri), meaning Black Island in Ainu) is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands, which are controlled by Russia and...