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Telan
Island
Telan
Coordinates: 60°54′4″N 159°52′35″E / 60.90111°N 159.87639°E / 60.90111; 159.87639
Country	Russian Federation
Federal subject	Far Eastern Federal District
Oblast	Magadan Oblast
Elevation	505 m (1,657 ft)

Telan Island, also Ostrov Telan, is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk, roughly 1 mile south-southwest of Mys Vnutrenniy. It is described as "a very conspicuous island resembling a castle."

Geography

The island is located at the southern end of the Taygonos Peninsula, which separates the Gizhigin Bay from the Penzhina Bay. It is roughly triangular in shape and has a maximum length of 1.7 km; it is separated from the continental shore by a 0.5 km wide sound.

Administratively Telan Island is part of the Magadan Oblast.

References

1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2004. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-57785-560-6. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
2. Ostrov Telan / Magadanskaya Oblast'

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