Popov Island (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: ''Остров Попова'', ) is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago. It lies in

Peter the Great Gulf The Peter the Great Gulf (Russian: Залив Петра Великого) is a gulf on the southern coast of Primorsky Krai, Russia, and the largest gulf of the Sea of Japan. The gulf extends for from the Russian-North Korean border at the mout ...

, 20 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog between Reyneke and Russky Islands. It is named after admiral Andrey Alexandrovich Popov. Area is 12,4 km². Population: 1316 (2005) in two settlements (''Stark'' and ''Popova''). Administratively the island is under

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, c ...

's jurisdiction.

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File:19 Ostrov Popova.jpg, Island from ferry File:Moorage on Isle of Popov.jpg, Moorage on Popov Island File:Isle of Popov, Viewing from Reyneke Island.jpg, Popov Island viewing from Reyneke Island

Notes

Islands of the Sea of Japan Islands of Vladivostok Islands of Primorsky Krai {{PrimorskyKrai-geo-stub