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Peschany Island ((ロシア語:о́стров Песча́ный); 'Sandy Island'), also known as Ostrov Mel, is an unusually-shaped island in the Laptev Sea.〔(Peschany Island Location )〕 ==Geography== Peschany Island consists of a -long elliptical landspit which is broken in its eastern and southeastern side forming three smaller islands. The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making Peschany look like a tropical atoll in the maps. This island is barren and uninhabited.〔(Sailing News and Directory )〕 Peschany is located to the east of Bolshoy Begichev Island. The Siberian coast lies to the south.〔(Geographic location )〕 The sea surrounding Peschany Island is covered with pack ice in the winter. There are large polynias forming on the sea in Peschany Island's vicinity.〔(Polar Exploration )〕 The climate is marked by severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and low temperatures even in the short summer season which lasts barely two months. There are colonies of walruses on this lonely island. A British yachtsman visiting Peschany Island recently commented on the weather and on the desolation of the place: ''"I have been anchored off Ostrov Peschany for a week now and during that time have had to move position eight times. There is, as a rule of thumb, a gale per day lasting between 8 and 12 hours"'' ... ''"Ostrov Peschany must be one of the bleakest and least inviting islands anywhere in the world."''〔(Alpha Global Expedition )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peschany Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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