Karaginsky Island

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Karaginski (Russian Карагинский ) is an island in the bay of the Bering Sea in the Russian Far East, northeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Geography

The area of ​​the island is 2404 km ², the length of the island from the southwest to the northeast about 100 km, the maximum width of 27 km. From the mainland it is separated by the Litkestraße in the West, whose narrowest point between the Spit Kostroma on the mainland and 13 km from Karaginski projecting and ending in Cape Semyonov Spit about 30 km measures. The west coast of the island is flat, the ocean -facing eastern coast is steep and rocky. Along the island run several parallel mountain ranges that culminate in the 920 m high Wyssokaja ( High Mountain ). The northern tip of the island forms the Golenishtchev Cape, the southern tip of the Krasheninnikov cape.

Administratively, the island belongs to Rajon Karaginski the Kamchatka region ( up to 2007, the Koryak Autonomous Okrug ). The island is not permanently inhabited.

Climate

Short, cool summers are for the climate of the island (July average temperature 11.8 ° C) and long, relatively mild ( January mean temperature -11 ° C, while the absolute minimum only -18.9 ° C ) Winter characteristic. The approximately seven -month-long winters are extremely rich in precipitation: The snow depths can reach five meters.

Flora and Fauna

The island is mostly covered by tundra, along with growing dwarf pine and alder wood knees and occasional rowan and birch.

Karaginski is an important transit and breeding area for waterfowl in particular, and therefore one of the Ramsar sites in Russia. The island is part of the distribution area of the Giant Eagle.