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[[Gambar:Matua.jpg|jmpl|[[Matua Island]] as seen from [[Raikoke]].]]
The '''Kapuloan Kuril Islands''' or '''Kurile Islands''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ʊər|ɪ|l}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|jʊər|ɪ|l}}, or {{IPAc-en|k|j|ʊ|ˈ|r|iː|l}}; {{lang-rus|Кури́льские острова́|r=Kurilskiye ostrova|p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva}} orutawa {{lang-rus|островá Тисима|r=ostrova Tisima}}; [[JapaneseBasa language|JapaneseJepang]]: {{nihongo3|"KurilKapuloan IslandsKuril"|クリル列島|Kuriru rettō}} orutawa {{nihongo3|"ChishimaKapuloan IslandsChishima"|千島列島|Chishima rettō}}), ining [[RussiaOblast Sakhalin]]'s, [[Sakhalin OblastRusia]] region, form a volcanicmerupakan [[archipelagokapuloan]] thatvulkanik stretcheskang approximatelyngabentang sepanjang {{convert|1300|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeastwiwit fromlor-wetan [[Hokkaido]], [[JapanJepang]], tonganti [[KamchatkaUjung Peninsula|KamchatkaKamchatkaKamchatka]], [[RussiaRusia]], separatingdipisah thedening [[Sea ofSegara Okhotsk]] from the northsaka [[PacificSamudra OceanPasifik Lor]]. There areAna 56 islandspulo andlan many minor rocks. It consists of [[Greater Kuril Ridge]] and [[Lesser Kuril Ridge]]karang.<ref>[http://slovari.yandex.ru/Курильские%20острова/БСЭ/Курильские%20острова/ GSE]</ref> The total land area is {{convert|10,503.2|km2|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sakhalin.ru/Engl/Region/geography.htm|title=Archived copy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114103636/http://www.sakhalin.ru/Engl/Region/geography.htm|archivedate=2011-01-14|deadurl=yes|accessdate=2011-02-01|df=}}</ref> and the total population ispopulasi 19,.434 wong.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8101395/Kuril-Islands-factfile.html|title=Kuril Islands: factfile|date=November 1, 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}</ref>
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== EtymologyEtimologi ==
Jeneng ''Kuril'' kaoleh saka [[Basa Ainu]]: "kur", artine wong. Ing [[Basa Jepang]], kapuloan iki disebut '''Kapuloan Chishima''' ([[Kanji]]: {{lang|ja|千島列島}} {{lang|ja-Latn|''Chishima Rettō''}} {{IPA-ja|tɕi̥ɕima ɾettoː|pron}}, artine, ''Kapuloan Sewu''), uga sinebat Kapuloan Kuriru ([[Katakana]]: {{lang|ja|クリル列島}} {{lang|ja-Latn|''Kuriru Rettō''}} {{IPA-ja|kɯɾiɾɯ ɾettoː|}}, literally, ''Kapuloan Kuril'').
[[Gambar:Sarychev_Volcano_edit.jpg|ka|jmpl|The Sarychev volcano erupting on June 12, 2009, as seen from the [[International Space Station]].]]
The name ''Kuril'' originates from the [[Endonym|autonym]] of the aboriginal [[Ainu people|Ainu]], the islands' [[Indigenous peoples|original inhabitants]]: "kur", meaning man. It may also be related to names for other islands that have traditionally been inhabited by the Ainu people, such as ''Kuyi'' or ''Kuye'' for [[Sakhalin]] and ''Kai'' for [[Hokkaidō]]. In [[Japanese language|Japanese]], the Kuril Islands are known as the Chishima Islands ([[Kanji]]: {{lang|ja|千島列島}} {{lang|ja-Latn|''Chishima Rettō''}} {{IPA-ja|tɕi̥ɕima ɾettoː|pron}}, literally, ''Thousand Islands Archipelago''), also known as the Kuriru Islands ([[Katakana]]: {{lang|ja|クリル列島}} {{lang|ja-Latn|''Kuriru Rettō''}} {{IPA-ja|kɯɾiɾɯ ɾettoː|}}, literally, ''Kuril Archipelago''). Once the Russians reached the islands in the 18th century they found a [[False etymology|pseudo-etymology]] from Russian ''kurit'' ("курить" – "to smoke") due to the continual fumes and steam above the islands from volcanoes.
== Atlasov Island ==
[[Gambar:Atlasov_island.jpg|jmpl|[[Atlasov Island]] — northernmost island of the Kurils, viewed from space]]
The northernmost, [[Atlasov Island]] (Oyakoba in Japanese), is an almost perfect [[Volcano|volcanic]] cone rising sheer out of the sea; it has been praised by the Japanese in [[haiku]], [[Wood-block print|wood-block prints]], and other forms, in much the same way as the better-known [[Mt. Fuji]].
== List of main islands ==
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