bordering three oceans Novaya Zemlya Franz Josef Land Severnaya Zemlya New Siberian Islands Wrangel Island Kuril Islands disputed with Japan Sakhalin Diomede Islands Kunashir Island Hokkaido United States Siberia
Russia, as one of the world's only three countries bordering three oceans, has links with a great number of seas. Its major islands and archipelagos include Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, Severnaya Zemlya, the New Siberian Islands, Wrangel Island, the Kuril Islands (four of which are disputed with Japan), and Sakhalin. The Diomede Islands, administered by Russia and the United States, are just 3.8 km (2.4 mi) apart; and Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands is merely 20 km (12.4 mi) from Hokkaido, Japan.
