Geography of Karafuto

Karafuto is a former prefecture in the southern part of Sakhalin which was administrated by Japan from 1905 till 1945.

Islands

• Names in italics are the current Russian names.

The Karafuto Prefecture incorporated several smaller islands.

• Karafuto Island 樺太島 Sakhalin
• Kaiba Island 海馬島 Moneron Island
• Kaihyō Island 海豹島 Tyuleniy Island
• Nijōiwa Rock 二丈岩 Kamen Opasnosti Rocks

Mountains

Karafuto was a very mountainous area. Its highest mountain was Mount Shikuka.

• Mount Shikuka 敷香岳 (1,375 km) Mount Vozvrasheniye
• Mount Horoto 幌登岳 (1,259m) Mount Matorosovskaya
• Mount Esutoru 恵須取岳 (1,135m) Mount Ugoli
• Mount Kamabushi 釜伏岳 (1,087m) Mount Krasnova
• Mount Suzuya 鈴谷岳 (1,045m) Mount Chekhova
• Mount Furito 振戸岳 (1,035m) Mount...... ... ...
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