The Kuril Islands, which stretch from northern Japan to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, are in the western Pacific ocean. The body of water between the islands and mainland Asia is called the Sea of Okhotsk.
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It extends from the Kuril Islands to the Bonin Islands and is 9,000 m (30,000 ft) at its deepest. It is an extension of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench to the north and the Izu-Ogasawara Trench to its south.
Invasion of the Kuril Islands happened on 1945-09-01.
The Kuril Islands are the islands that Russia controls northeast of Japan. The Kuril Islands are officially under the Russian jurisdiction.
The Kuril Islands are under the jurisdiction of Russia. However, Japan still has a claim to the four most southern islands.
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