Demina Islands
Small Kuril ridge, Sakhalin region, Pacific Ocean, Russia.
Description:
The Demin Islands are part of the Small Range of the Kuril Islands. They belong to the South Kuril urban district of the Sakhalin region of Russia. Japan includes them in the district of Namuro, challenging the ownership of the islands of Russia.
The territory of the islands stretches for 4.5 kilometers from the northeast to the southwest, the highest point is 34.7 meters. Yuri Island is located 4 kilometers west of the Demina Islands, and Green Island is 5 kilometers north.
These islands are uninhabited. The shores here are precipitous and rocky, and the western shore of the largest of the Dyomin Islands is lower and fringed by a rocky beach.
The name comes from L. A. Demin - Russian hydrograph. The territory of the islands is included in the state nature reserve "Kurilsky".