- Tretiy Island
Tretiy Island or Treti Island (Остров Третий; Ostrov Tretiy, literally: The Third Island) is a relatively large island in the western shores of the
Shelikhov Bay , at the northern end of theSea of Okhotsk . It is located 4 Km to the south of a peninsula that encloses a small bay in an area that is largely uninhabited.Tretiy Island is roughly triangular in shape. It is 8 Km long and has a maximum width of 3.7 Km.
2.3 Km north of Tretiy, in the sound that separates it from the mainland shore, lies an islet only 700 m long and 400 m wide.
*Vtoroy coord|61|28|N|163|00|E|type:isle and Krayniy (Остров Крайний) coord|61|27|N|163|00|E|type:isle, or Chemenvytegartynup (Чеменвытегартынуп), a group of two smaller islands, lies about 30 Km to the southeast of Tretiy. Krayniy is the largest of the two and they are separated from each other by a 1.7 Km wide sound.
Administratively Tretiy Island belongs to the
Koryak Okrug of theRussian Federation .References
* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://travelingluck.com/Europe/Russia/Koryakskiy+Avtonomnyy+Okrug/_2120467_Ostrov+Tretiy.html#invest Satellite picture]
* [http://land.worldcitydb.com/ostrov_tretiy_4233619.html Geographical data]
* [http://rk3aw.narod.ru/WWDXAH/Europe/Russia/RUSSIAN_ROBINSON_AWARD.htm Russian Robinson Club]External links
* [http://land.worldcitydb.com/koryakia_in_russian_federation_state.html Koryakia]
* [http://kazaasearch.narod.ru/ Island list]
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