Kuril Islands
/ˈkjʊərɪl/(亦作Kurile Islands 或the Kurils)
- a chain of 56 islands between the Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific, stretching from the southern tip of the Kamchatka peninsula to the north-eastern corner of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. They are the subject of dispute between Russia and Japan.千岛群岛（鄂霍次克海和北太平洋之间由56个岛屿组成的岛群, 从堪察加半岛的南端延伸到日本北海道岛的东北角; 该群岛为俄日两国争端的起因）。