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Telan Island

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Country
  
Russian Federation

Elevation
  
505 m

Oblast
  
Magadan Oblast

Telan Island

Federal subject
  
Far Eastern Federal District

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

Contents

Map of Telan Island, Russia, 686440

Geography

The island is located at the southern end of the Taygonos Peninsula that 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.

References

Telan Island Wikipedia