Prigorodnoye () is a specialized seaport in the Korsakovsky District of

Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalinskaya oblastʹ, p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian ...

, on the Pacific coast in the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...

. It is located on the

Mereya River The Myareya (), alternative transliteration ''Miareja'', official transliteration or Mereya () is a river in Belarus and Russia. It is a left tributary of the Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major tr ...

, not far from the district's

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Korsakov.

History

It was known as when it was part of Japan from 1905 to 1945. The port is now the site of the large

liquefied natural gas Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volume o ...

plant constructed under the auspices of the

Sakhalin-II The Sakhalin-2 () project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, and associated inf ...

project. Buildings and structures in Sakhalin Oblast Ports and harbours of the Russian Pacific Coast Geography of Sakhalin Oblast Transport in Sakhalin Oblast {{SakhalinOblast-geo-stub