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 ...
. 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 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
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* 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 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 ...
.
See also
* List of islands of Russia
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
Geographic information
Islands of the East Siberian Sea
Islands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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