The Khabomai Rocks (Russian: Хабомаи (Khabomai), Japanese: 歯舞群島 (Habomai guntō)) are a group of islets in the southernmost Kuril Islands. For human anatomy see Islets of Langerhans An islet is a small Island. The Kuril Islands (ˈkʊrɪl or /ˈkjuˈriˈl/ Кури́льские острова́ əstrʌˈva ru-Latn ''Kuril'skie ostrova'' or Kurile Islands in Russia They are currently under Russian administration, but are, together with Iturup, Kunashir and Shikotan, claimed by Japan. Iturup (Итуру́п Ainu エト・オロ・プ 択捉島 Etorofu) is the largest Island of the South Kuril Islands. Kunashir Island (Кунаши́р 国後島 Kunashiri) meaning Black Island in Ainu) is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands Shikotan, both in Russian (Шикотан and Japanese (色丹島 and one of the bigger islands of the Kuril Islands, is located in the Sakhalin For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For more information on the dispute, see Kuril Islands dispute. The Kuril Island dispute ( Russian: Проблема принадлежности Курильских островов Japanese: 北方領土問題 Hoppō
The Habomai Rocks consist mainly of ten islets, the largest being Seleni (Japanese: Shibotsu) with an area of 51 km². In 2004, Russia agreed to cede Khabomai and Chikotan to Japanese rule, but was met with strong oppositions from the Russian citizens. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
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- The majority of Russians are strongly against making territorial concessions to Japan
- Hokkaido had development plans for Shikotan, Habomai islets
- Habomai islet gets Russian Orthodox church
- The Kurile Islands
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