Telan_Island

Telan Island

Telan Island

Island in Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation

Telan Island, also Ostrov Telan, is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk, roughly 1 mile south-southwest of Mys Vnutrenniy. It is described as "a very conspicuous island resembling a castle."[1]

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Geography

The island is located at the southern end of the Taygonos Peninsula, which separates the Gizhigin Bay from the Penzhina Bay. It is roughly triangular in shape and has a maximum length of 1.7 km; it is separated from the continental shore by a 0.5 km wide sound.

Administratively Telan Island is part of the Magadan Oblast.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2004. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-57785-560-6. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    Ostrov Telan / Magadanskaya Oblast'


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