The Routan Islands ( ''Rovtįn iłirti'') are two islands in the eastern coast of the Chaunskaya Bay of the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea (; ) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Siberian Islands to the west and Cape Billings, close to Chukchi Peninsula, Chukotka, ...

. They are located directly off

Pevek Pevek (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Pèèkin'' / ''Pèèk'') is an Arctic port types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (pa ...

, separated from the shore of the Pevek Peninsula by a 4.7 km wide sound.

Ayon Island Ayon Island is an island in the coast of Chukotka in the East Siberian Sea. The island itself consists mainly of low-lying tundra, and is primarily populated by the Chukchi people, who use the tundra as pasture for their reindeer herds. Geograph ...

lies on the other side of the Chaunskaya Bay, 24 km to the west. * Bolshoy Routan Island (Russian: Остров Большой Роутан) is roughly triangular. It is 9.5 km long and 4.5 km wide. A small Arctic Station is located on the island.Arctic Bases
/ref> * Malyy Routan Island () is much smaller and lies 1 km to the west of Bolshoy Routan's southern point. It is only 1.3 km in length. Administratively these islands belong to the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka ( ; ), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border wi ...

of the

Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

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Islands of the East Siberian Sea Islands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

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