Which of the following statement is/are incorrect? Kuril Islands is an extension of the volcanic Kamchatka Peninsula. Ryukyu Island is located between Kyushu and Taiwan. Spratly and Paracel Islands are a group of atolls in South China Sea. Select the incorrect code from below.
Which of the following statement is/are incorrect? Kuril Islands is an extension of the volcanic Kamchatka Peninsula. Ryukyu Island is located between Kyushu and Taiwan. Spratly and Paracel Islands are a group of atolls in South China Sea. Select the incorrect code from below. Correct Answer None of these
The correct answer is option 4, i.e, None of these.
- Kuril Islands:
- The Kuril Islands are stretched from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the southern tip of Russia's the Kamchatka Peninsula.
- It separates the Okhotsk Sea from the North Pacific Ocean.
- It consists of 56 islands and minor rocks.
- Earthquakes and tidal waves are common phenomena over these islands.
- The Kuril Islands dispute between Japan and Russia is over the sovereignty of the South Kuril Islands.
- Ryukyu Island:
- It is located between Kyushu and Taiwan.
- The archipelago defines the boundary between the East China Sea and the Philippines Sea.
- It consists of 55 islands and islets divided into three major groups:
- the Amami island chain in the north
- the Central Okinawa islands
- the Sakishima islands in the south
- Spratly and Paracel Islands:
- Both these islands are in the middle of the South China Sea waters between the territory of Vietnam and the Philippines.
- The Spratly Islands are largely uninhabited.
- Paracel Island is a collection of 130 islands and coral reefs.
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