Putyatin Island Explained

Putyatin Island (ru|Остров Путятина) is an island in (east part of Peter the Great Gulf), near east of Vladivostok and west of Nakhodka. The island is named after Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin and is under the Fokino city administration.

The area of the island is ; the highest point is Startsev Mount, with an elevation of .

The island's population is 994 (2010).[1] There is only one settlement on the island. Putyatin Island is one of four inhabited islands of Primorsky Krai (the other three are Russky, Popov and Reyneke).

The main branches of economy of the island are fish-processing and tourism.[2] The Island is separated from continental Primorye by a strait, which is in width.

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42.8333°N 157°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения Российской Федерации по городам, поселкам городского типа и районам на 1 января 2010 года . 2011-06-30 . 2011-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111030173539/http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b10_109/Main.htm . dead .
  2. http://city.fokino-prim.ru/index.php?newsid=1077 ООО «Рыбокомбинат-Путятин» » Информационный портал ЗАТО г. Фокино