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  Japan - MSN Encarta
Japan comprises the four main islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, and Shikoku, in addition to numerous smaller islands.
Colliding tectonic plates lifted and warped Earth’s crust, causing volcanic eruptions and intrusions of granite that pushed the mountains above the surface of the sea.
Japan’s four main islands are separated by narrow straits: Tsugaru Strait lies between Hokkaidō and Honshū, and the narrow Kammon Strait lies between Honshū and Kyūshū.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566679   (1319 words)

  
 Russia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Russia politics and officials, Russian History. Travel to Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Under Article 2c), Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kuril Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth of 5 September 1905.
The whole of Etorofu shall belong to Japan; and the Kurile Islands, lying to the north of and including Uruppu, shall belong to Russia." Note that Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomais Islands are not explicitly mentioned in the treaty.
Kuril Island Society, which is committed to raise awareness about pristine wildlife sanctuary covering most of the disputed region.
www.russiaiworld.com /wiki-Kuril_Islands_dispute   (426 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
This is a list of islands in the world grouped by oceans and by continents.
List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
List of islands of North and Central America
www.hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_islands   (128 words)

  
 The Ultimate List of islands by area Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, overseas territory of the UK, claimed by Argentina
If however one does count Australia among the islands it, not Greenland, would be the largest in the world.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/List_of_islands_by_size   (194 words)

  
 ETH - imp - Publications
Green D.H., Schmidt M.W., Hibberson, W.O. (2004) Island Arc Ankaramites: primitive melts from fluxed refractory lherzolitic mantle and comparision to boninites.
Wahrenberger C., Seward T.M., Dietrich V. Volatile trace-element transport in high-temperature gases from Kudriavy volcano (Iturup, Kurile Islands, Russia).
Wahrengerger C., Seward T.M. and Dietrich V. Volatile trace-element transport in high temperature gases from Kudriavy volcano (Iturup, Kurile Islands, Russia)" Geochemical Society,  Spec.
www.imp.ethz.ch /pub/index   (4669 words)

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