GEOG490 Web Mapping Final Project --- Zhaoxu Sui
Sakhalin is an elongated island in Northeast Asia, located just 6.5 km (4.0 mi) off the southeastern coast of Russia's Khabarovsk Krai, and 40 km (25 mi) north of Japan's Hokkaido. Sakhalin was later claimed by both Russia and Japan over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. These disputes sometimes involved military conflicts and divisions of the island between the two powers. In 1875, Japan ceded its claims to Russia in exchange for the northern Kuril Islands. In 1905, following the Russo-Japanese War, the island was divided, with Southern Sakhalin going to Japan. Russia has held all of the island since seizing the Japanese portion in the final days of World War II in 1945, as well as all of the Kurils. Japan no longer claims any of Sakhalin, although it does still claim the southern Kuril Islands.
Сахали́н — остров у восточного побережья Азии. Вместе с Курильскими островами целиком входит в состав Сахалинской области. Крупнейший остров России.
樺太（サハリン）は、ユーラシア東方、オホーツク海の南西部にある島。広義の日本列島。樺太は、北部と南部でそれぞれ異なる沿革を経たため、ここでは北緯50度線以以南を「南樺太」と表記する。
Map Sources: OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth Dataset, All Japan Karafuto