Habomai Islands
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The islands have been under Soviet/Russian administration since the 1945 invasion by the Soviet Union near the end of World War II. But together with Iturup (Etorofu), Kunashir (Kunashiri), and Shikotan, the islands are claimed by Japan.
History
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In the seventeenth century the Matsumae clan made efforts to administer the islands; by 1644 the islands had been mapped as Japanese territories.[2]
In 1732 the islands were mapped during the Russian Great Eastern Expedition.
The Treaty of Shimoda, signed by Russia and Japan in 1855, recognised Japanese ownership of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands.[3]
The Habomai Islands were occupied by Soviet forces in the last few days of World War II. The islands were eventually annexed by the Soviet Union, which deported all the island residents to Japan.[3] Moscow claimed the islands as part of a war-time agreement between the Allies (Yalta Agreement), which provided for the transfer of the Chishima (Kurile) Islands to the USSR in return for its participation in the Pacific War. However, Japan maintains that the Habomai Islands are not part of the Kuriles and are in fact part of Hokkaido prefecture. On May 26, 1955, the United States submitted an application for proceedings against the Soviet Union. As part of the proceedings, the United States questioned the validity of the Soviet Union's claim to the Habomai Islands.[4]
In 1956, after difficult negotiations, the Soviet Union agreed to cede the Habomai to Japan, along with Shikotan, after the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries.[5] As the treaty was never concluded, the islands remained under Soviet jurisdiction. However, the promise of a two-island solution (for the purpose of simplicity, the Habomai rocks count as one island) has been renewed in the Soviet-Japanese, and later Russo-Japanese negotiations. Formerly home to a Japanese fishing community, the islands are now uninhabited except for the Russian border guard outpost.
List of islands
| Island | Japanese name | Russian name | Ainu transcription(s) | Area km2 |
Highest point m |
Latitude N | Longitude E | Distance from Cape Nosappu[6] km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shikotan | Script error: No such module "Lang". しこたんとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Shikotan tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | si-kotan (Big village) | 255 | 412.6 | 43°47' | 146°44' | 73.3 |
| Spangberg channel (Habomai islands are shown below.) Shikotan channelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| Oskolki | Script error: No such module "Lang". かいばじま、とどじまScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kaibajima, TodojimaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | todo-mosir (Steller sea lion island) | 1.5 | 38 | 43°34' | 146°24' | |
| Polonskogo | Script error: No such module "Lang". たらくとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Taraku tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | torar-uk (Take in the strap) | 11.69 | 25 | 43°37' | 146°19' | 45.5 |
| Chayka rock | Script error: No such module "Lang". かぶとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kabu tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Petsernaya | Script error: No such module "Lang". かなくそいわScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kanakuso iwaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Shishki | Script error: No such module "Lang". かぶととうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kabuto tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Polonskogo channel Taraku channelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| Zelyony | Script error: No such module "Lang". しぼつとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Shibotsu tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | sipe-op (A place where a shoal of Chum salmon) | 58.3 | 45 | 43°29' | 146°09' | 25.5 |
| Vojeikov channel Shibotsu channelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| Demina | Script error: No such module "Lang". はるかるとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Harukaru tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | haru-kar-kotan (Village of harvesting Cardiocrinum cordatum bulbs) | 2 | 34 | 43°25' | 146°10' | |
| Yuri | Script error: No such module "Lang". ゆりとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Yuri tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | urir (Cormorant island) | 10 | 43°25' | 146°04' | 16.6 | |
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| Anuchina | Script error: No such module "Lang". あきゆりとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Akiyuri tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | aki-urir (Yuri's young brother) | 5 | 33 | 43°21' | 146°00' | 13.7 |
| Tanfilyeva | Script error: No such module "Lang". すいしょうとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Suishō tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | si-so (Big bare rock) | 21 | 15 | 43°26' | 145°55' | 7.2 |
| Goyōmai channel Sovetskiy channelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||
| Storozhevoy | Script error: No such module "Lang". もえもしりとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Moemoshiri tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | moi-mosir (A calm island) | 0.07 | 11.8 | 43°23' | 145°53' | 6.0 |
| Rifovy | Script error: No such module "Lang". おどけとうScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Odoke tōScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | 0.001 | 3.6 | 43°23' | 145°52' | ||
| Signalny | Script error: No such module "Lang". かいがらじまScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". KaigarajimaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Script error: No such module "Lang". | kay-ka-ra-i (Low thing above the wave) | 43°23' | 145°51' | 3.7 | ||
| Cape Nosappu, Hokkaido | ||||||||
See also
References
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- ↑ "Texts of Soviet–Japanese Statements; Peace Declaration Trade Protocol." The New York Times, page 2, October 20, 1956.
Subtitle: "Moscow, October 19. (UP) – Following are the texts of a Soviet–Japanese peace declaration and of a trade protocol between the two countries, signed here today, in unofficial translation from the Russian". Quote:"...The U.S.S.R. and Japan have agreed to continue, after the establishment of normal diplomatic relations between them, negotiations for the conclusion of a peace treaty. Hereby, the U.S.S.R., in response to the desires of Japan and taking into consideration the interest of the Japanese state, agrees to hand over to Japan the Habomai and the Shikotan Islands, provided that the actual changing over to Japan of these islands will be carried out after the conclusion of a peace treaty..." - ↑ 北方領土の姿 北方対策本部 – 内閣府 Template:In lang (tr. "The Northern Territories Northern Territories Headquarters – Cabinet Office Home Page") www8.cao.go.jp, Cabinet Office, accessed 19 March 2023
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