List of protected areas of Russia (Sakhalin Oblast)

This list is of the protected areas or, more properly, Specially Protected Natural Areas (SPNAs) of the Russian Federation that are located in the federal subject of Sakhalin Oblast.

List of SPNAs edit

As of May 2022, eighty-six SPNAs (Russian: особо охраняемые природные территории (ООПТ)) are listed on the ООПТ России database.[1] In addition, Ilya Muromets Waterfall (Водопад Илья Муромец) is a prospective Natural Monument, White Cliffs (Белые скалы), Yuzhniy (Южный), and Yuzhno-Sakhalinskiy (Южно-Сахалинский) are former SPNAs, and Susunaiskiy Ridge [ru] was an unsuccessful National Park candidate.[2]

SPNA Image Locality Type Import Area Comments Map Est. Ref.
South Sakhalin Mud Volcano

Южно-Сахалинский грязевой вулкан
  Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Natural Monument Regional 40 ha (99 acres)
 
 
1983 [1]
Aniva White Acacia Grove

Анивская роща белой акации
  Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Natural Monument Regional 0.5 ha (1.2 acres)
 
 
1980 [2]
Verkhnebureinskiy

Верхнебуреинский
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Natural Monument Regional 183.2 ha (453 acres)
 
 
1986 [3]
Kurils

Курильский
  Yuzhno-Kurilsky Zapovednik Federal 65,365 ha (252.38 sq mi) Kunashir, etc
 
 
1984 [4]
Lesser Kurils

Малые Курилы
  Yuzhno-Kurilsky Zakaznik Federal 67,892 ha (262.13 sq mi)
 
 
1983 [5]
South Kuril Relict Forest

Южно-Курильский реликтовый лес
  Yuzhno-Kurilsky Natural Monument Regional 0.5 ha (1.2 acres) on Kunashir
 
 
1980 [6]
Mendeleev Volcano

Вулкан Менделеева
  Yuzhno-Kurilsky Natural Monument Regional 2,242.2 ha (5,541 acres) on Kunashir
 
 
1983 [7]
Poronaysky

Поронайский
  Poronaysky Zapovednik Federal 56,694 ha (218.90 sq mi) on Kunashir
 
 
1988 [8]
Waterfall on the Nitui River

Водопад на реке Нитуй
Poronaysky Natural Monument Regional 30 ha (74 acres)
 
 
1990 [9]
Ammonites of the Pugachevka River [ru]

Аммониты реки Пугачевки
Korsakovsky Natural Monument Regional 89.4 ha (221 acres)
 
 
1995 [10]
Tunaycha Lake

Озеро Тунайча
  Korsakovsky Natural Monument Regional 22,075 ha (85.23 sq mi)
 
 
1977 [11]
Cape Velikan

Мыс Великан
  Korsakovsky Natural Monument Regional 39.4 ha (97 acres)
 
 
1990 [12]
Highlands of Mount Chekhov

Высокогорья горы Чехова
  Korsakovsky, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Natural Monument Regional 1,800 ha (4,400 acres)
 
 
1983 [13]
Zhdanko Ridge

Хребет Жданко
  Makarovsky Natural Monument Regional 155 ha (380 acres)
 
 
1988 [14]
Moneron Island

Остров Монерон
  Nevelsky Nature Park Regional 1,559 ha (3,850 acres)
 
 
1958 [15]
Nogliksky

Ногликский
Nogliksky Zakaznik Regional 66,206 ha (255.62 sq mi)
 
 
1998 [16]
Aleksandrovsky

Александровский
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky Zakaznik Regional 24,600 ha (95 sq mi)
 
 
1980 [17]
Dolinsky (Izyubrovy)

Долинский (Изюбровый)
Dolinsky Zakaznik Regional 9,176 ha (35.43 sq mi)
 
 
1988 [18]
Lake Dobretskoye

Озеро Добрецкое
Dolinsky Zakaznik Regional 5,817.4 ha (22.461 sq mi)
 
 
1966 [19]
Crater Bay

Бухта Кратерная
  Severo-Kurilsky Zakaznik Regional 20 ha (49 acres) off Ushishir
 
 
1987 [20]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Сформировать реестр (XLS) [Generate Register (xls)] (in Russian). ООПТ России. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ Перечень ООПТ — Поиск по названию [SPNA List>Search by name] (in Russian). ООПТ России. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

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