Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island (коса Двух Пилотов, "Two Pilots' Sandspit") is a long and narrow island in the Chukchi Sea. It is located along the coast of the Chukotka Peninsula in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Kosa Dvukh Pilotov

Russian: коса Двух Пилотов
Location of long Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island off Tynkurgin and Tynkergynpil'gyn lagoons.
Geography
Coordinates	68.426°N 177.966°E / 68.426; 177.966
Length	52.5 km (32.62 mi)
Width	1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
Russia
Demographics
Population	0

This island is 52.5 km (32.6 mi) in length but only 1 km (0.62 mi) wide on average. It is a long extended bar or spit between the Chukchi Sea and the lagoons of Amguema (Амгуэма) and Tynkergynpil'gyn (Тынкэргынпильгын), coastal lakes which are frozen most of the year.

The island is named after pilot Carl Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland who crashed near it in 1929.^{[citation needed]}

The southeastern section of this island is also known as "Ostrov Dalstroy" after the Soviet organization Dalstroy^{[unreliable source?]}.

See also

• List of islands of Russia

References

External links

• Location
• Ship wreck near Kosa Dvukh Pilotov
• Evolution of the coastal zone of the Eurasian Arctic seas

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