Peschanyy Island (also known as Ostrov Mel') is an unusually-shaped island in the Laptev Sea. It consists of a 12 km long elliptical landspit which is broken in its eastern and southeastern side forming three smaller islands. The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making Peschanyy look like a tropical atoll in the maps. This island is barren and uninhabited. Peschanyy is located 74 km to the east of Bolshoy Begichev Island. The Siberian coast lies 62 km to the south.

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  • Peschanyy Island (also known as Ostrov Mel') is an unusually-shaped island in the Laptev Sea. It consists of a 12 km long elliptical landspit which is broken in its eastern and southeastern side forming three smaller islands. The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making Peschanyy look like a tropical atoll in the maps. This island is barren and uninhabited. Peschanyy is located 74 km to the east of Bolshoy Begichev Island. The Siberian coast lies 62 km to the south. The sea surrounding Peschanyy Island is covered with pack ice in the winter. There are large polynias forming on the sea in Peschanyy Island's vicinity. The climate is marked by severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and low temperatures even in the short summer season which lasts barely two months. There are colonies of walruses on this lonely island. A British yachtsman visiting Peschanyy Island recently commented on the weather and on the desolation of the place: "I have been anchored off Ostrov Peschanyy for a week now and during that time have had to move position eight times. There is, as a rule of thumb, a gale per day lasting between 8 and 12 hours" ... "Ostrov Peschanyy must be one of the bleakest and least inviting islands anywhere in the world."
  • Піща́ний о́стрів — невеликий острів морі Лаптєвих. Територіально відноситься до Якутії, Росія. Розташований за 74 кілометрів на схід від острова Великого Бегічева та 62 км на північ від материка. Острів має атолеподібну форму, витягнутий із півночі на південь. В центрі міститься велика лагуна. Вкритий пісками.
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  • Peschanyy Island (also known as Ostrov Mel') is an unusually-shaped island in the Laptev Sea. It consists of a 12 km long elliptical landspit which is broken in its eastern and southeastern side forming three smaller islands. The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making Peschanyy look like a tropical atoll in the maps. This island is barren and uninhabited. Peschanyy is located 74 km to the east of Bolshoy Begichev Island. The Siberian coast lies 62 km to the south.
  • Піща́ний о́стрів — невеликий острів морі Лаптєвих. Територіально відноситься до Якутії, Росія. Розташований за 74 кілометрів на схід від острова Великого Бегічева та 62 км на північ від материка. Острів має атолеподібну форму, витягнутий із півночі на південь.
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  • Peschanyy Island (Laptev Sea)
  • Піщаний острів
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