Tanfile Island
Small Kuril Ridge, Pacific Ocean, Russia.
Description:
The Small Range of the Kuril Islands includes Tanfileva Island. It is part of the South Kuril city district of Russia, Sakhalin region. Japan includes it in its Nemuro Prefecture, challenging the fact that the island belongs to Russia.
The area of Tanfilev is 15 square kilometers, the maximum height is 15 meters. The island has a flat surface with grassy vegetation and swamps.
This territory is named after G.I. Tanfilev - geographer, soil scientist and geobotanist, it is part of the state natural reserve "Small Kurils" and is non-residential. On the island there is a border outpost and a small enterprise with a small number of workers.
The Tanfilev Strait separates Tanfilev Island from Green Island, Yuri and Anuchina, and the Soviet Strait from the Nemuro Peninsula, which belongs to the Japanese island of Hokkaido.