Yuzhno-Kurilsk - human settlement in Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russian: Ю́жно-кури́льск, YOOZH-nuh koo-REELSK; Japanese: 古釜布, foo-roo-kah-mah-poo) population: 7 800, is the main town of the Kuril islands, in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is on the mouth of the Sevebryanka river at the Yuzhno-Kurilsky cape, on Kunashir island - or 'Black Island' in the indigenous Ainu language. There is little to see in this city, which was severely damaged by a Tsunami in 1994. But the surrounding area, hosts one of the worlds most unique natural environments - complete with free roaming bears and wild horses.

Get in

By plane

SAT airlines operates flights from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 3 times per week, out of Mendeleyevo Airport, located 20 kilometers outside Yuzhno-Kurilsk.

By boat

Once or twice every month in summer, there is a ferry service connecting to Korsakov on Sakhalin Island.

Get around

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Sleep

• Hotel Builder, 3A Ilyichev street, +7 42455 2-16-06.
• Hotel Delta, 5 Gnechka street, +7 42455 2-17-94.

Connect

• Kuril-Japan Center (Travel agency), 2A Sadovij avenue, +7 42455 2-11-99, kunashyr_centre@sakhmail.ru.

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