Ayon Island

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Aion (Russian Айон, German also Ajon ) is an island west of the Tschaunbucht the East Siberian Sea in north- eastern Siberia (Russia).

The area of ​​the island is about 2,000 km ²; this is the east- west distance about 63 km, the north- south length about 38 km. From the mainland it is separated in the south west of the at the narrowest point less than 2 km wide little Tschaunstraße. The coast is poorly organized. The island are upstream several small islands; the largest are Ryjanranot and Tschenkul in the Northeast and Mossei (also Janranot ) in the Little Tschaunstraße. The surface of the island represents hilly plain; its maximum height above sea level is 66 meters. The island is mostly covered by arctic tundra, a several -kilometer-wide strip along the northeastern coast of barely -covered sand dunes. There are a myriad of small lakes and streams, the most important of the northward flowing and to about 50 meters wide Rywejem is ( Рывеем ). Thermokarst phenomena are common.

Aion is interesting botanical point of view, since on the sandy areas of the island, despite the arctic harsh climate (even the mean July temperature is below 5 ° C) steppe plant communities are common, which include endemic or rare for this region types, such as Sverdrup Spitz Kiel ( Oxytropis sverdrupii ), Arctic snow grass ( Phippsia concinna ) and various mosses and lichens. 13 acres in the west of the island stand out as Botanical nature monument.

Administratively, the island is part of the Tschaunski - Raion of the Autonomous Okrug of the Chukchi. The only settlement is today Aion on the northwest coast. There is also a weather station since 1941. From the original population, the Chukchi, reindeer husbandry is operated on the island.