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]
Telan | |
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Coordinates: 60°54′4″N 159°52′35″E / 60.90111°N 159.87639°E | |
Country | Russian Federation |
Federal subject | Far Eastern Federal District |
Oblast | Magadan Oblast |
Elevation | 505 m (1,657 ft) |
Geography edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ostrov Telan / Magadanskaya Oblast'