Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island (''коса Двух Пилотов'', "Two Pilots' Sandspit") is a long and narrow island in the

Chukchi Sea Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west b ...

. It is located along the coast of the Chukotka Peninsula in the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

. This island is in length but only wide on average. It is a long extended bar or spit between the Chukchi Sea and the lagoons of Amguema (Амгуэма) and Tynkergynpil'gyn (Тынкэргынпильгын), coastal lakes which are frozen most of the year. The island is named after pilot

Carl Ben Eielson Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (July 20, 1897 – November 9, 1929) was an American aviator, bush pilot and explorer. Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is named in his honor. In 1997 Carl Ben Eielson was inducted into the North Dakota Aviation Ha ...

and mechanic Earl Borland who crashed near it in 1929. The southeastern section of this island is also known as "Ostrov Dalstroy" after the Soviet organization

Dalstroy Dalstroy (russian: Дальстро́й, ), also known as Far North Construction Trust, was an organization set up in 1931 in order to manage road construction and the mining of gold in the Russian Far East, including the Magadan Region, Chukotka ...

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Ship wreck near Kosa Dvukh Pilotov

Evolution of the coastal zone of the Eurasian Arctic seas
Islands of the Chukchi Sea Islands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Spits of Russia Landforms of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

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