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The 11 pages that link to Kuril Islands, each with the reason it gives.

• Sea of OkhotskRelated: Their straits regulate exchange between the Okhotsk basin and the Pacific.

• Okhotsk PlateRelated: Subduction at the Okhotsk Plate’s eastern margin drives the chain’s volcanism.

• Oyashio CurrentRelated: The Oyashio flows southward along this chain before reaching waters east of Japan.

• Ainu languageRelated: Ainu was also spoken in the Kuril Islands before its local extinction.

• Kuril Islands disputeNarrower topic: The dispute concerns the chain’s southern end and affects the region’s political geography.

• Kuril–Kamchatka TrenchRelated: The island chain provides a visible geographic marker for the trench’s southern and central reaches.

• Ainu peopleRelated: Ainu communities historically inhabited parts of this island chain.

• Japanese island arcBroader topic: The Kurils continue the arc northeast of Hokkaido along the Pacific Plate boundary.

• Treaty of ShimodaBroader topic: The treaty placed the islands south of Iturup under Japanese control and those north of Urup under Russian control.

• Northeast AsiaBroader topic: The islands anchor a continuing territorial dispute between Russia and Japan.

• Cape LopatkaRelated: The chain begins just south of the cape across the First Kuril Strait.