Snou Strait
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The Snou Strait is a stretch of water which separates Chirpoy
from Brat Chirpoev. The channel is littered with offshore rocks and islet
s. It was named after Henry James Snow FRGS (1848-1915), an Englishman
who hunted in and charted the Kuril Islands
between 1873 and 1896.
Chirpoy
Chyornie Bratya is collectively the name for a pair of uninhabited volcanic islands located between Simushir and Urup in the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The larger of the two is named Chirpoy, and the smaller is named Brat Chirpoev...
from Brat Chirpoev. The channel is littered with offshore rocks and islet
Islet
An islet is a very small island.- Types :As suggested by its origin as islette, an Old French diminutive of "isle", use of the term implies small size, but little attention is given to drawing an upper limit on its applicability....
s. It was named after Henry James Snow FRGS (1848-1915), an Englishman
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
who hunted in and charted the Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater...
between 1873 and 1896.