Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
2,030km²
Area
213km
Coastline
66m
Highest point
440
People
2°C
Warmest sea
September
11km
To the mainland
When to go to Ayon Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in September (2 °C) and coolest in January (-2 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island
Ayon Island is an island in Russia. It covers 2,030 km², with 213 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 66 m. About 440 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 11 km away.
Getting there
- Pevek Airport (PWE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight line
- 11 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Ayon Island.
- 1named peaks
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Ayon Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Ayon Island, each with its own numbers.
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Largest lake
0.53km²
Ozero Vyazkoye
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
14.5°C
Ozero Vyazkoye
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Ozero Vyazkoye0.53km²
- Utinoe0.52km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 25 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 97 %0–50 m
- 3 %50–200 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -21 | -21 | -16 | -10 | -1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | -3 | -13 | -19 |
| Night low (°C) | -25 | -25 | -20 | -14 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -5 | -17 | -23 |
| Sea (°C) | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -2 |
| Rain (mm) | 18 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 51 | 46 | 43 | 35 | 25 | 24 |
| Wet days | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 0.8 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — |
| Wind (km/h) | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | −0.5 | +0.6 | +4.1 | +3.0 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −0.4 | +0.4 | −1.4 | −2.0 | −0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −0.7 | −1.0 | +1.2 | +0.7 | −0.6 | +0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2023 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −0.7 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −0.7 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.9 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2025 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | −0.5 | +2.0 | +4.1 | +2.3 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.

About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1166036) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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