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Sakhalin is the largest island in Russia, being 948 km (589 mi) long, and 25 to 170 km (16 to 106 mi) wide, with an area of 72,492 km 2 (27,989 sq mi). [2] It lies at similar latitudes to England, Wales and Ireland. Its orography and geological structure are imperfectly known. One theory is that Sakhalin arose from the Sakhalin Island Arc. [58]
Japan invaded Sakhalin in the final stages of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, but per the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth was allowed to retain only the southern portion of the island below the 50° N parallel. Russia retained the northern portion, although the Japanese were awarded favorable commercial rights, including fishing and mineral ...
Stevedoring companies are the Korsakov Sea Trade Port OJSC, Petrosakh CJSC, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., Pristan LLC, Rosneft-Vostoknefteprodukt LLC (branch No. 5), Sakhalin branch of FSUE Natsrybresurs, LLC "Fishing collective farm named after S.M. Kirov" (p. Ozerskoe).
Korsakov (Russian: Корсаков; Japanese: 大泊, Ōdomari) is a town and the administrative center of Korsakovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.It is located 42 kilometers (26 mi) south from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the southern end of Sakhalin Island, on the coast of the Salmon Cove in the Aniva Bay.
Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Сахали́нская о́бласть, romanized: Sakhalinskaya oblast', IPA: [səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East. The oblast has an area of 87,100 square kilometers (33,600 sq mi).
Tomari (Russian: Томари) is a coastal town and the administrative center of Tomarinsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the western coast of the Sakhalin Island, 167 kilometers (104 mi) northwest of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,541. [2]
Sakhalin — a large island in the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan, within the Russian Far East Region on the Pacific Coast of Russia. Administratively, it is within the Sakhalin Oblast of Russia. Subcategories
Aniva Bay (Russian: Залив Анива (Zaliv Aniva), Japanese: 亜庭湾, Aniwa Bay, or Aniva Gulf) is located at the southern end of Sakhalin Island, Russia, north of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. The largest city on the bay is Korsakov.