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Iturup (; Ainu: エﾂﾟヲロプシㇼ, ''Etuworop-sir''; (日本語:択捉島), ''Etorofu-tō''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Etorofu-tō: Russia )〕) is one of the Kuril Islands. It is the largest and northernmost island in the southern Kurils, which are controlled by Russia but also claimed by Japan (''see'' Kuril Islands dispute). Japan considers a site on Iturup to be its northernmost point. The island was Japanese territory until the end of the Second World War in 1945, when Soviet forces took possession of all the Kurils and forced out Japanese residents. Iturup is located near the southern end of the Kuril chain, between Kunashiri (19 km to the SW) and Urup (37 km to the NE). The town of Kurilsk, administrative center of Kurilsky District, is located roughly midway along its western shore. *Area - 3,139 km² *Length - 200 km *Width - 7–27 km The strait between Iturup and Urup is known as the Vries Strait, after Dutch explorer Maarten Gerritsz Vries, the first recorded European to explore the area.〔(Dutch exploration )〕 ==Geography== Iturup consists of volcanic massifs and mountain ridges. A series of a dozen volcanoes running NE to SW form the backbone of the island, the highest being Stokap (1,634 m) in the central part of Iturup. The shores of the island are high and abrupt. The vegetation mostly consists of spruce, larch, pine, fir, and mixed deciduous forests with alder, lianas and Kuril bamboo underbrush. The mountains are covered with birch and Siberian Dwarf Pine scrub, herbaceous flowers (including ''Fragaria iturupensis'', the Iturup strawberry) or bare rocks. The island also contains some of Russia's highest waterfalls, such as the Ilya Muromets. Rheniite, a rhenium sulfide mineral (ReS2), was discovered at the Kudriavy volcano and approved in 2004. It is found in active hot fumaroles on the volcano. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iturup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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