The Routan Islands ( ckt, Ровтын иӆирти ''Rovtįn iłirti'') are two islands in the eastern coast of the

Chaunskaya Bay The Chaunskaya Bay or Chaun Bay (russian: Чаунская губа) is an Arctic bay in the East Siberian Sea, in the Chaunsky District of Chukotka, northeast Siberia. There is Port of Pevek. Geography The bay is open to the north and is 140&n ...

of the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea ( rus, Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре, r=Vostochno-Sibirskoye more) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Si ...

. They are located directly off

Pevek Pevek (russian: Певе́к; Chukchi: , ''Pèèkin'' / ''Pèèk'') is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a pe ...

, separated from the shore of the Pevek Peninsula by a 4.7 km wide sound.

Ayon Island Ayon Island is an island in the coast of Chukotka in the East Siberian Sea. The island itself consists mainly of low-lying tundra, and is primarily populated by the Chukchi people, who use the tundra as pasture for their reindeer herds. Geograp ...

lies on the other side of the Chaunskaya Bay, 24 km to the west. * Bolshoy Routan Island (Russian: Остров Большой Роутан) is roughly triangular. It is 9.5 km long and 4.5 km wide. A small Arctic Station is located on the island.Arctic Bases
/ref> * Malyy Routan Island (russian: Остров Ма́лый Роутан) is much smaller and lies 1 km to the west of Bolshoy Routan's southern point. It is only 1.3 km in length. Administratively these islands belong to 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 ...

of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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Islands of the East Siberian Sea Islands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

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