Ush Island (Остров Уш; Ostrov Ush) is an island in the northern coast of
Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh ...
. Ush Island is located between a shallow bay and the
Sea of Okhotsk, at the mouth of the
Sakhalin Gulf Sakhalin Gulf (russian: Сахалинский залив) is a gulf in the Sea of Okhotsk between continental Russia (north of the Amur River, Amur's mouth) and the Schmidt Peninsula (Sakhalin), Schmidt Peninsula, at the northern tip of Sakhalin Is ...
.
Ush Island stretches roughly from east to west. It is 14 km in length and has an average width of 2.6 km. The town of
Moskal'vo and a railway line are located in the small peninsula beyond the channel that separates Ush Island from the mainland on its eastern side.
Administratively Ush Island belongs to the
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands 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 ...
.
References
Location
Russian wetlands
Russian seabird
External links
Worldwind
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Sakhalin Oblast
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