Routan Islands

Routan Islands
Bolshoi Routan on the left in the aerial view of the city of Pewek
Waters	East Siberian Sea
Geographical location	69 ° 45 ′  N , 170 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 69 ° 45 ′  N , 170 ° 8 ′  E
Number of islands	2
Main island	Bolshoi Routan
Total land area	31 km²
Residents	uninhabited
Map of the archipelago

The two Routan Islands (formerly also Arautan, Russian Острова Роутан ) are located in the Tschaun Bay of the East Siberian Sea off the north coast of Siberia . The archipelago is separated from the city of Pewek by an approximately 4.7 km wide sound . It includes the 9.5 km long and 4.5 km wide island of Bolshoi Routan (area 30 km²) and the smaller 1.3 km long and 1 km wide island of Malyj Routan . The islands belong to the Chaunsky Rajon of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug of Russia .

The islands first became known to Europeans in 1821 when Ferdinand von Wrangel mapped the coast of Eastern Siberia.

There is a small research station on Bolshoy Routan , the Bolshoy Routan Hut .

literature

• Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute . National Geospatial-intelligence Agency, ProStar Publications, Annapolis 2005, p. 140. ISBN 978-1-57785-756-3 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ French Polar Team: Arctic Station List, Vol. 2  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 496 kB)