Kolesovsky Island (russian: Колесовский) is an island in the
East Siberian Sea. It is located close to the coast in
Kolyma Bay
The Kolyma Bay (russian: Колымская Губа; Kolymskaya Guba) is one of the main gulfs of the East Siberian Sea.
The bay gets its name from the Kolyma Lowlands, whose coastline forms the whole eastern half of this bay. The Kolyma Lowlan ...
(Kolymskaya Guba), south of the
Konechnaya Channel and 13 km east of the mouths of the
Indigirka River
The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is .
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Kolesovsky Island is 3 km long. This island is only 0.7 km across and it is located 4 km to the northwest of
Kolesovskaya Otmel, very close to a coastal headland.
Kolyma Bay
The Kolyma Bay (russian: Колымская Губа; Kolymskaya Guba) is one of the main gulfs of the East Siberian Sea.
The bay gets its name from the Kolyma Lowlands, whose coastline forms the whole eastern half of this bay. The Kolyma Lowlan ...
, where the Kolesovsky Island lies, is a desolate place in the long winters, when it remains frozen to depths of several metres for about 250 days each year. It becomes free of ice only in early June and the thaw lasts typically until October. The area surrounding Kolesovsky Island comes to life during the summer when there is commercial fishing in the surrounding waters.
Commercial fishing
Administratively Kolesovsky Island belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
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This island is named after Kolesovo , the nearest town.
References
Islands of the East Siberian Sea
Islands of the Sakha Republic
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