Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
50.0km²
Area
30km
Coastline
1,169m
Highest point
0
People
9°C
Warmest sea
August
195km
To the mainland
When to go to Makanrushi
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (9 °C) and coolest in March (1 °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 Russia
Makanrushi is an island in Russia. It covers 50.0 km², with 30 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,169 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 195 km away.
Getting there
- 195 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 Makanrushi.
- 3named peaksMakanrushi, Yesaul, Piramidka
- 1volcanoesMakanrushi
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Makanrushi, each with its own numbers.
2beaches and covesCoastya
Beach with the warmest sea
9.0°C
Bukhta Zakat
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 365 m above the sea. 35 % of it is below 200 m.
- 12 %0–50 m
- 22 %50–200 m
- 36 %200–500 m
- 28 %500–1,000 m
- 2 %1,000–2,000 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.
5 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) | -1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Night low (°C) | -3 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | -1 |
| Sea (°C) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 74 | 84 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 92 | 111 | 111 | 108 | 108 | 85 |
| Wet days | 19 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Wind (km/h) | 33 | 34 | 32 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 34 | 35 |
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 | +0.1 | −0.2 | −1.0 | +0.4 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +1.3 | −0.2 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.7 |
| 2021 | −0.4 | +0.2 | −0.2 | +0.3 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +1.7 | +2.2 | +0.7 | −0.1 | +0.7 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.6 | −0.5 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +1.0 |
| 2023 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | −0.1 | −0.6 | −1.3 | −1.2 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +0.2 |
| 2024 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | −1.0 | −0.7 | −0.7 | −0.1 | +0.5 | −0.2 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.3 | −0.2 | −0.5 | −0.6 | −0.6 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +0.2 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q426915) · 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 | Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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