Umara Island Explained

Umara
Native Name:Умара
Native Name Lang:Russian language
Coordinates:59.1528°N 151.9539°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:77
Pushpin Map:Russia Magadan Oblast
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russian Federation
Subdivision Type1:Federal subject
Subdivision Name1:Far Eastern Federal District
Subdivision Type2:Oblast
Subdivision Name2:Magadan Oblast

Umara Island is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk on the south side of Odyan Bay.

Geography

The island is 0.9 km long and is separated from the northern shore of the Koni Peninsula by a 1 km wide sound. There is a monitoring site for seabirds on the island.[2]

Administratively this island is part of the Magadan Oblast.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [GoogleEarth]
  2. Book: Pacific Seabirds. 17 October 2012. 2004. The Group.
  3. http://www.getamap.net/maps/russia/magadanskaya_oblast/_umara_ostrov/ Ostrov Umara / Magadanskaya Oblast