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Kuril Islands dispute, an Uncommon card
Russia and Japan have a territorial dispute over the four southernmost Kuril Islands, known in Russia as the Southern Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Kuril Islands dispute quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kuril Islands dispute card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the ______ Ocean.
Answer
Pacific. The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean. From the Kuril Islands dispute article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2008 Sichuan earthquake. 2008 Sichuan earthquake 92 · Kuril Islands dispute 84 · Lake Champlain 81 · Sesame 75 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They are, from largest to smallest: Iturup/Etorofu, Kunashir/Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands.
- The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands that stretch between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at their southern end and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula at their northern end.
- The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kuril Islands dispute article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Kuril Islands dispute
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kuril Islands dispute (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : This image is in the public domain because it came from the site https://www.demis.nl/prod, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

