Shokalsky Island
Shokalsky Island is an island in the Kara Sea, in Russia. It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the Ob River, off the tip of the narrow northwestern arm of the Gyda Peninsula.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- Also known as“Ostrov Shokal’skoga”“Shokal’ski Island”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
72.99206° or 72° 59′ 31″ north
Longitude
74.46236° or 74° 27′ 45″ east
Open location code
CJ4PXFR6+RW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Shokalsky Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة شوكالسكي”
- Azerbaijani: “Şokalski adası”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Шакальскага”
- Bulgarian: “Шокалски”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Shokal’skogo”
- Chinese: “紹卡利斯基島”
- Croatian: “Šokalski (otok)”
- Croatian: “Šokalski”
- Dutch: “Sjokalski”
- Estonian: “Šokalski saar”
- French: “Île Chokalski”
- German: “Schokalski-Insel”
- Italian: “Isola di Šokal’skij”
- Japanese: “ショカルスキー島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjokalskijøya”
- Polish: “Wyspa Szokalskiego”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Shokalsky”
- Russian: “Остров Шокальского”
- Slovak: “Šokaľského ostrov”
- Spanish: “Isla Shokalsky”
- Turkish: “Şokalski Adası”
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