Routan Islands
The Routan Islands (Chukot: Ровтын иӆирти Rovtįn iłirti) are two islands in the eastern coast of the Chaunskaya Bay of the East Siberian Sea. They are located directly off Pevek, separated from the shore of the Pevek Peninsula by a 4.7 km wide sound. Ayon Island lies on the other side of the Chaunskaya Bay, 24 km to the west.
- Bolshoy Routan Island (Russian: Остров Большой Роутан) 69°45′07″N 170°08′10″E / 69.752°N 170.136°E / 69.752; 170.136 is roughly triangular. It is 9.5 km long and 4.5 km wide. A small Arctic Station is located on the island.[1]
- Malyy Routan Island (Russian: Остров Ма́лый Роутан) 69°41′35″N 170°04′05″E / 69.693°N 170.068°E / 69.693; 170.068 is much smaller and lies 1 km to the west of Bolshoy Routan's southern point. It is only 1.3 km in length.
Administratively these islands belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation.
See also
References
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Islands of the East Siberian Sea (Russian Arctic)- Anzhu Islands
- Ayon Island
- Bennett Island
- Bolshoy Fedorovskiy
- Chengkuul
- De Long Islands
- Glavsevmorput Island
- Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island
- Henrietta Island
- Jeannette Island
- Kolesovsky Island
- Kolesovskaya Otmel
- Kotelny
- Krestovyy Island
- Maly Lyakhovsky Island
- Medvezhyi Islands
- Mikhalkino
- New Siberian Islands
- Novaya Sibir
- Ploskiy
- Routan Islands
- Ryyanranot
- Shalaurova
- Sukhornyy
- Uparovskiy
- Usun Ary
- Vilkitsky
- Vkhodnoy
- Wrangel Island
- Zhokhov Island
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