Zelyony Island (Kuril Islands)

Zelyony
Native name:
Зелёный
Zelyony, photographed from the ISS
Map
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates43°30′N 146°08′E / 43.500°N 146.133°E / 43.500; 146.133
Area58.38 km2 (22.54 sq mi)
Administration
Demographics
Population0

Zelyony (Russian: Остров Зелёный, romanizedOstrov Zelyony, Russian pronunciation: [ˈostrəf zʲɪˈlʲɵnɨj]; Japanese: 志発島, romanizedShibotsu-tō, Japanese pronunciation: [ɕi̥botsɯ̥toː]) is an unpopulated and uninhabited island in the Kuril Island chain, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Although it is administered by Russia and had been previously by the Soviet Union, it has been claimed by Japan since 1945.