Kolesovskaya Otmel is an island in the East Siberian Sea. It is located close to the coast in the

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 . History The i ...

. 6.3 km in length and 1.4 km across. In satellite pictures it appears as two separate islands, a large one at the northern end and a small one at the southern tip. Probably most of the island's surface is a large sandbank that changes shape seasonally. The Kolyma Bay where the Kolesovskaya Otmel lie 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 the Kolesovskaya Otmel comes to life during the summer when there is commercial fishing in the surrounding waters.Commercial fishing
Administratively the Kolesovskaya Otmel 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 ...

. This island is named after Kolesovo , the nearest village.

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Islands of the East Siberian Sea Archipelagoes of the Sakha Republic Islands of the Sakha Republic {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub