Telan Island

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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."{{cite book|title=Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=44JR8E_hQqwC&pg=PA80|accessdate=17 October 2012|date=1 January 2004|publisher=ProStar Publications|isbn=978-1-57785-560-6|page=80}}

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.[http://mapcarta.com/16587010 Ostrov Telan / Magadanskaya Oblast']

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