Maly Tjuters
Maly Tjuters | ||
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Waters | Gulf of Finland | |
Geographical location | 59 ° 48 '36 " N , 26 ° 54' 50" E | |
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surface | 1.6 km² | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
Location in the Gulf of Finland |
Maly Tjuters or Klein Tütters ( Russian Малый Тютерс , Finnish .: Säyvö or Pien-Tytärsaari , Estonian : Väike Tütarsaar ; Swedish : Lilla Tyterskär ) is an approximately 1.6 km² Russian island in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea . It belongs to the Leningrad Oblast .
location
The uninhabited island is located around 15 km southwest of the island of Bolshoi Tjuters ( Большой Тютерс ) and 30 km south of the island of Gogland ( Гогланд ). It is ( apart from the small island Rodscher ( Родшер ) and the two Virginy Islands ( Острова Виргины )) the westernmost of the islands in the Gulf of Finland under Russian sovereignty. There are two lighthouses on the island .
history
The island was ceded to the Soviet Union by Finland in 1940/1944/1947 along with other islands in the Gulf of Finland .