Chetyre Paltsa (russian: Остров Четыре Пальца) is a small island in the northern shores of
Gizhigin Bay,
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
. It is located 7 km west of the coast of the Varkhalamsky Peninsula.
Geography
Chetyre Paltsa is 800 m (2,600 ft) long and has a maximum width of 600 m (1,960 ft). The town of Evensk is located in the neighboring bay to the northwest.
Administratively Chetyre Paltsa belongs to the
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...
of the
Russian Federation
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.
Magadan Oblast
References
External links
Island list
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Magadan Oblast
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