Awos
| Awos | ||
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| Waters | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| archipelago | Kuril Islands | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 43 ' N , 154 ° 6' E | |
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| Main island | scale | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Awos ( Russian Авось , Japanese Aboshi ), also Avos , is a group of rock islands in the northern group of the Kuriles . Administratively they belong to the Severo-Kurilsk Raion in the Russian Oblast of Sakhalin . The islands are located 20 km southwest of Makanruschi in the Sea of Okhotsk . The rock island group was named after the Russian corvette Awos .
The rocks represent the remains of a stratovolcano is -Kegels defined by a tsunami washed away. The highest rock, Skala, protrudes 35 m above sea level. Under the water it is connected to four other rock islands, which reach heights of 7.2 to 15 m, as well as the 300 m distant rock Chokake and a shallow reef northeast of it.
Steller's sea lions , cormorants , guillemots and seagulls can be observed on the rocks .
literature
- East Coast of Russia Enroute . ProStar Publications, 2004, p. 56. ISBN 978-1-57785-560-6 (English)
- I. Sonn, A. Kostjanoi: Okhotskoye more: enziklopedija . Meschdunarodnyje otnoshenija, Moscow 2009, p. 15. ISBN 978-5-7133-1354-8 (Russian)
Web links
- Awos rocks (Russian)