Arakamchechen Island

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Arakamchechen
Аракамчечен / Kigini
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Arakamchechen and Yttygran Islands
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Arakamchechen
Location in Russia
Geography
Location Bering Sea
Coordinates 64°45′N172°23′W / 64.750°N 172.383°W / 64.750; -172.383 Coordinates: 64°45′N172°23′W / 64.750°N 172.383°W / 64.750; -172.383
Area276.8 km2 (106.9 sq mi)
Length32 km (19.9 mi)
Width21 km (13 mi)
Highest elevation613 m (2,011 ft)
Administration
Federal subject Chukotka
Demographics
Population0

Arakamchechen Island (Russian :Аракамчечен; Eskimo–Aleut: Kigini) is an island in the Bering Sea.

Russian language East Slavic language

Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although, nowadays, nearly three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia, the rise of state-specific varieties of this language tends to be strongly denied in Russia, in line with the Russian World ideology.

Eskimo–Aleut languages Language family

The Eskimo–Aleut languages, Eskaleut languages, or Inuit-Yupik-Unangan languages are a language family native to Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, Greenland and the Chukchi Peninsula, on the eastern tip of Siberia. It is also known as Eskaleutian, Eskaleutic or Inuit–Yupik-Unangan.

Bering Sea Marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska, Eastern Russia and the Aleutian Islands

The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.

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Geography

Arakamchechen lies north of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka. It is separated from the continental shore by an 8 km wide sound. This island is inhabited; the main settlement is Yanrakynnot village.

Cape Chaplino

Cape Chaplin or Cape Chaplino is a cape pointing eastward in the Bering Sea in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation.

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug First-level administrative division of Russia

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug or Chukotka (Чуко́тка) is a federal subject of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Chukotka is the 2nd-least-populated federal subject at 50,526 (2010) and the least densely populated.

Arakamchechen Island is 32 km long and has a maximum width of 21 km. It has a mountainous interior. South of it lies Yttygran Island and west of it Penkigney Bay. [1] There is a 5 km wide sound between the two islands.

Yttygran Island island

Yttygran Island is an island in the Bering Sea 24 kilometres northwest of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka.

Penkigney Bay

Penkigney Bay is a bay of the Bering Sea on the eastern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation. Administratively the bay is part of the Providensky District of Chukotka.

Arakamchechen (above the center of the photo) and the smaller Yttygran (left of center). The tiny island to the south of Arakamchechen is Nuneangan. Approaching Chukotka coast - Arakamchechen and Yttygran Islands - P1040618.JPG
Arakamchechen (above the center of the photo) and the smaller Yttygran (left of center). The tiny island to the south of Arakamchechen is Nuneangan.
Location of Arakamchechen Island in Chukotka. Chukchi Sea5AKC.png
Location of Arakamchechen Island in Chukotka.

Administration

Administratively Arakamchechen Island belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation.

Nowadays this island is popular with tourists who come to enjoy the wildlife. [2] Many walruses live in rookeries in the shores of this island. [3]

Walrus Species of mammal

The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into three subspecies: the Atlantic walrus which lives in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific walrus which lives in the Pacific Ocean, and O. r. laptevi, which lives in the Laptev Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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References

  1. "Penkigney". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. Ecotours in Russia | Sustainable tourism in Russia | fishing | expeditions Archived March 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
  3. BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - Explorer's Guide to the Arctic