Shumushu [island] - Shumushu

Japanese: シュムシュ[島] - シュムシュ
Shumushu [island] - Shumushu
The northernmost island of the Kuril Islands. Japanese name: Shimushu Island. Russian territory. 230 km2 . The entire island is a plain, with the highest point at 190m above sea level. It faces the Kamchatka Peninsula across the 12km-wide Shumshu Strait. During the Meiji period, Shigetada Gunji and others worked hard to develop it, and it was a fishing base for the northern Kuril Islands during the Japanese occupation.
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Japanese:
千島列島最北の島。日本名,占守(しむしゅ)島。ロシア領。230km2。全島平原状で最高点は標高190m。幅12kmのシュムシュ海峡を隔ててカムチャツカ半島と対する。明治年間に郡司成忠(しげただ)らが開発に尽力,日本領時代は北千島の漁業基地であった。
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