Karkarpko Island

Karkarpko Island

Karkarpko Island (Ostrov Karkarpko) is a small island in the Chukchi Sea. It is close to the coast, being only 3 km away to the east from the landtip north of Cape Vankarem in the Chukotka Peninsula.

This island is only 0.6 km in length.

Karkarpko Island has a Stationary Observation Site for environmental observations, like the monitoring of species. [http://www.wwf.ru/data/pub/species/wwf_pb_monitoring_chuk_e.pdf]

References

* [http://land.worldcitydb.com/ostrov_karkarpko_4091646.html Location]
* [http://www.arcop.fi/reports/D11b.pdf]
* [http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/rsrc/Proc_Seattle05.pdf Polar bears]


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