Tanfiliev Island

Tanfiliev
Disputed island;
	2016 Copernicus (ESA) satellite image of Tanfiliev
	Tanfiliev
Other names	Russian: Танфильева; Japanese: 水晶島
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	43°26′12″N 145°55′00″E / 43.436784°N 145.916760°E
Archipelago	Habomai Islands, Lesser Kuril Chain, Kuril Islands
Area	12.1 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Administration
	Russia
Federal subject	Sakhalin Oblast
District	Yuzhno-Kurilsky
Claimed by
	Japan
Prefecture	Hokkaido
Subprefecture	Nemuro
Demographics
Population	0

Tanfiliev (Russian: Танфильева, romanized: Tanfilyeva; Japanese: 水晶島, romanized: Suishō-tō) is an uninhabited island in the Habomai Islands, part of the Lesser Kuril Chain. It is administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast. It is claimed by Japan, as part of Hokkaidō's Nemuro Subprefecture.^[3] The island and its surrounding waters form part of the Malye Kurily zakaznik or Lesser Kurils State Nature Preserve.^[4]^[5]

Geography

The southernmost island in the Lesser Kuriles, Tanfiliev lies some 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) from Cape Nosappu at the eastern end of the Nemuro Peninsula.^[6]^[2]^: 463 Extending 8 by 6 kilometres (5.0 mi × 3.7 mi), the island covers an area of 12.1 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi).^[7] Relatively low-lying, 16 metres (52 ft) at its highest point, the island has a number of short streams and lagoon lakes.^[2]^: 463 Along the coast, with its capes and bays, there are grassy meadows.^[2]^: 463 Tanfiliev lies within the "Lesser Kuril Ridge and Kunashir Island" Important Bird and Biodiversity Area,^[8] the island's flora and fauna protected as part of the Lesser Kurils Zakaznik.^[5]^[9]

History

The Japanese name for the island, Suishō, is of Ainu origin.^[6] In the 1834 Tenpō gōchō [ja] or Village Registers of the Tenpō Era, Suishō is listed as a settlement of Nemoro.^[6]^[10] Visited by Matsuura Takeshirō and written about in his diaries, in the early Meiji period the island formed part of the village of Goyōmai [ja], later merged into Habomai.^[6]^[11] Before the Pacific War, most of the population were involved in the fishing industry; they were joined by migrant workers from the area of Niigata Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture each spring.^[7] Konbu (kelp) was the most important product, and there was also canning of salmon, trout, crabs, and shrimp.^[7] At the end of the war, the population stood at 986, in 154 households, along with 325 horses.^[7] Currently, the Habomai Islands as a whole are uninhabited, other than the stationing of Russian guards.^[11]

References

^ "Outline of the Northern Territories" 北方領土の姿. Cabinet Office (Japan) (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ryndevich, S.K.; Prokin, A.A.; Makarov, K.V.; Sundukov, Yu.N. (2021). "The beetles of the families Helophoridae, Georissidae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, and Elmidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Kunashir Island and the Lesser Kurils". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 14 (4): 461–491. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2021.06.007. S2CID 237895269.
^ 根室の概要地図 [Overview of Nemuro: Map]. Nemuro Subprefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Malye Kurily". Protected Planet. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Малые Курилы [Lesser Kurils]. ООПТ России (in Russian). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tagai Hideo [in Japanese], ed. (2003). 日本歴史地名大系 [Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei] (in Japanese). Vol. 1: Hokkaido. Heibonsha. p. 1544. ISBN 4-582-49001-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 歯舞群島の概要 [Overview of the Habomai Islands]. Northern Territories Issue Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Lesser Kuril Ridge and Kunashir Island". Birdlife International. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Gage, S.; Joneson, S.L.; Barkalov, V.Yu.; Eremenko, N.A.; Takahashi, H. (March 2006). "A Newly Compiled Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Habomais, the Little Kurils". Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Museum. 3: 67–91. hdl:2115/47827.
^ 天保郷帳>松前島郷帳 [Tenpō gōchō>Matsumae gōchō]. National Diet Library (in Japanese). 1834. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "An Overview of the Northern Territories". Northern Territories Issue Association. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[CO-1] "Outline of the Northern Territories" 北方領土の姿. Cabinet Office (Japan) (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[Elsevier-2] Ryndevich, S.K.; Prokin, A.A.; Makarov, K.V.; Sundukov, Yu.N. (2021). "The beetles of the families Helophoridae, Georissidae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, and Elmidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Kunashir Island and the Lesser Kurils". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 14 (4): 461–491. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2021.06.007. S2CID 237895269.

[3] 根室の概要地図 [Overview of Nemuro: Map]. Nemuro Subprefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[PP-4] "Malye Kurily". Protected Planet. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[OOPT-5] Малые Курилы [Lesser Kurils]. ООПТ России (in Russian). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[Heibonsha-6] Tagai Hideo [in Japanese], ed. (2003). 日本歴史地名大系 [Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei] (in Japanese). Vol. 1: Hokkaido. Heibonsha. p. 1544. ISBN 4-582-49001-8.

[Habomai-7] 歯舞群島の概要 [Overview of the Habomai Islands]. Northern Territories Issue Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[8] "Lesser Kuril Ridge and Kunashir Island". Birdlife International. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[9] Gage, S.; Joneson, S.L.; Barkalov, V.Yu.; Eremenko, N.A.; Takahashi, H. (March 2006). "A Newly Compiled Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Habomais, the Little Kurils". Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Museum. 3: 67–91. hdl:2115/47827.

[10] 天保郷帳>松前島郷帳 [Tenpō gōchō>Matsumae gōchō]. National Diet Library (in Japanese). 1834. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[Overview-11] "An Overview of the Northern Territories". Northern Territories Issue Association. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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