Iturup Island is the largest of the Kuril Islands, with an area of 3200 square kilometres. It is slightly more than the Pacific island nation of Samoa. In the language of the Ainu, "Etorop" means "Jellyfish"; there is also a version that the name of the island is associated with the neighbouring island of Urup, "salmon". It was formerly known as Staten Island. It is the largest and northernmost island in the southern Kurils, also called Etrof. The Ownership of which is disputed by Japan and Russia. On Iturup, there is the city of Kurilsk, where more than 2600 people live.
Etorofu Island - Iturup Island
The nature here is contrasting: spruce and fir forests, thickets of bamboo, and elfin trees. The picturesque landscape is decorated with 20 volcanoes, nine of which are active. The tallest extinct volcano, Stockap, has a height of 1,634 metres and consists of ten merged cones with several craters at the top. The island is rich in lakes, which contain more than 30 hot and mineral springs.
Kuril Island dispute
World War II, 1945: The area was under Japan, but Soviet forces captured all the islands and drove out the Japanese. On August 28, 1945, Soviet troops landed on the island. The transfer of the island to the control of the USSR took place without serious hostilities. Japan still claims ownership of these islands, which it considers part of the Nemuro sub-prefecture of Hokkaido
Beautiful view of the disputed Kuril Islands by Russia and Japan
Iturup — Etorofu, historically also called Etrof and Yetorup
Iturup Island: The Most Picturesque Island
Iturup Island, the picturesque landscape island
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