Shalaurov Island or Shalaurova Island (russian: Остров Шалаурова) is a small island in the eastern end 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 ...

. It is close to the coast, being only 1.2 km away from a headland located west of the estuary of the

Pegtymel River The Pegtymel (russian: Пегтымель) is a river in Far East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It passes through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra and flows into the East Siberian Sea west of the Lo ...

. It lies roughly midway between

Cape Shelagskiy A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. The ...

and

Cape Billings Cape Billings (russian: Мыс Биллингса - ''Mys Billingsa''), is a headland on the northern coast of Chukotka, Russian Federation to the west of Cape Schmidt. Geography The shore in the area around Cape Billings is bounded by narrow lan ...

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 ...

. The island is named after Russian polar explorer, merchant

Nikita Shalaurov Nikita Shalaurov (russian: Никита Шалауров) (? - 1764) was a merchant from Veliky Ustyug, Russia and an Arctic explorer.

. This island is only 0.8 km across, and is inhabited by kittiwakes. Shalaurov island should not be confused with Cape Shalaurova (Mys Shalaurova Izba) located further east on the same coastline at .

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Eskimo Archaeology

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