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Kuril Strait

First Kuril Strait is a strait separating the Shumshu Island of the Kuril Islands from the Cape Lopatka, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Shumshu Island is at center and Cape Lopatk at the bottom left. The Kuril Strait is at the Southwest point of the island between the two landforms. source ↗

First Kuril Strait (Russian: пролив Первый Курильский, Japanese: 占守海峡, Shumushu Strait) (also known as just Kuril Strait) is a strait separating the Shumshu Island of the Kuril Islands from the Cape Lopatka, Kamchatka Peninsula.1

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