Inherited according to the 1875 Treaty of Saint Petersburg, one country refers to the southernmost four as the Northern Territories while another considers them a part of the Sakhalin Oblast.
Known collectively as Chishima, the northernmost of them is Atlasov Island and others include the Habomai islands, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and Iturup. Inherited according to the 1875 Treaty of Saint Petersburg, one country refers to the southernmost four as the Northern Territories while another considers them a part of the Sakhalin Oblast. Stretching north from Hokkaido to Kamchatka and enclosing the Sea of Okhotsk from the rest of the Pacific are, for ten points, these islands disputed between Russia and Japan.
Known collectively as Chishima, the northernmost of them is Atlasov Island and others include the Habomai islands, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and Iturup.
{Kuril} Islands (or {Kurile})