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Korsakov port is one of the largest ports in the Far East basin, navigable year round. In 1949, the Sakhalin mainland received mainly grain and food products, building materials, metal and equipment, sent from the Sakhalin region, mainly paper, timber and a number of other goods produced in the Sakhalin region.
Kholmsk (Russian: Холмск), known until 1946 as Maoka (Japanese: 真岡), [7] is a port town and the administrative center of Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.It is located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, on coast of the gulf of Nevelsky in the Strait of Tartary of the Sea of Japan, 83 kilometers (52 mi) west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
The Port of Wakkanai (稚内港) is a major port located in the Municipality of Wakkanai, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Sakhalin lies about 62.81 kilometers (39.03 mi) to the north. Many ferries that go/come to/from Rishiri Island , Rebun Island and stop in Sakhalin in Russia.
The first five vessels no longer exist, Sakhalin-6 was sold to the Moscow Government to work in the Kerch Strait ferry line and later also disposed. [3] At the beginning of the 2010s, the ferry fleet owned by Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO), consists of four similar diesel-electric ships: Sakhalin-7, Sakhalin-8, Sakhalin-9 And Sakhalin-10 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Karafuto was a former Japanese prefecture in the southern part of Sakhalin island, from 1905 to 1945. ... Important ports
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]
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia, July 21 (Reuters) - The Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin is close to a cooperation agreement with a Japanese company on carbon capture and storage technology as it ...
List of notable Nivkh (Gilyak) settlements in Sakhalin Island and the Lower Amur River. Prior to 1905 settlements are listed from north to south in their geographical categories with most settlement names in the Nivkh language or in the only know given Russian name.