Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
23,200km²
Area
1,291km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
374m
Highest point
Malakatyn-Tas
0
People
2°C
Warmest sea
August
223km
To the mainland
When to go to Kotelny Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (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 in Anzhu Islands, Russia
Kotelny Island is an island in Russia. It covers 23,200 km², with 1,291 km of coastline. Its highest point, Malakatyn-Tas, rises to 374 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 223 km away.
Getting there
- 223 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 Kotelny Island.
- 1named peaksMalakatyn-Tas
- 1ruins and archaeological sites
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
Kotelny Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Kotelny Island, each with its own numbers.
2lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
20.2km²
Ozero Melkoye (lanaw sa Rusya, Respublika Sakha)
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
6.2°C
Ozero Melkoye (lanaw sa Rusya, Respublika Sakha)
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Ozero Melkoye (lanaw sa Rusya, Respublika Sakha)20.2km²
- Кётёт-Кюель5.2km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 33 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 75 %0–50 m
- 25 %50–200 m
- <1 %200–500 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.
200 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) | -24 | -24 | -20 | -12 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -8 | -17 | -23 |
| Night low (°C) | -29 | -29 | -25 | -18 | -9 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -11 | -21 | -27 |
| Sea (°C) | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Rain (mm) | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 32 | 48 | 61 | 56 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 16 |
| Wet days | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Sun h/day | — | 1.9 | 8.0 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Wind (km/h) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
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 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +1.8 | +2.5 | +2.0 | +0.5 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +1.0 | +2.9 | +1.8 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.3 | −0.5 | +0.5 | +1.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
| 2023 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.4 | −1.2 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.2 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +1.0 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | −0.3 | −0.9 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q648391) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| 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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