Kuril Road

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Kuril Road
Satellite image. From left to right: Paramushir, Second Kuril Street, Shumshu, Kuril Street, Cape Lopatka.
Satellite image. From left to right: Paramushir , Second Kuril Street , Shumshu, Kuril Street, Cape Lopatka.
Connects waters Sea of ​​Okhotsk
with water Pacific Ocean
Separates land mass Kamchatka Peninsula
of land mass Shumshu
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Geographical location 50 ° 50 ′  N , 156 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′  N , 156 ° 35 ′  E
Kuril Road (Russia)
Kuril Road
Smallest width 12.4 km
Map of the northern Kuril Islands with Russian names: The Kuril Road is located in the extreme northeast
Map of the northern Kuril Islands with Russian names: The Kuril Road is located in the extreme northeast

The Kuril Strait (also First Kuril Strait , Russian Первый Курильский пролив ; Perwy Kurilski proliw ; Jap. 占守海峡 , "shumshu Street") is a 12.4 km wide strait between the northeastern Kurileninsel shumshu and Cape Lopatka , the southern tip of the peninsula Kamchatka , located. It forms the northernmost sea route between the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean .

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