Telan Island Explained

Telan
Native Name Lang:Russian language
Coordinates:60.9011°N 159.8764°W
Elevation M:505
Pushpin Map:Russia Magadan Oblast
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russian Federation
Subdivision Type1:Federal subject
Subdivision Name1:Far Eastern Federal District
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Subdivision Name2:Magadan Oblast

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. 17 October 2012. 1 January 2004. ProStar Publications. 978-1-57785-560-6. 80.
  2. http://mapcarta.com/16587010 Ostrov Telan / Magadanskaya Oblast'