Where is Sakhalin Island on?

Sakhalin region is located in the Far East of the Russian Federation, off the eastern coast of the Eurasian continent in the transition zone from the continent to the Pacific Ocean. It borders Kamchatka, Khabarovsk and Primorsky territories, in the south - with Japan. The administrative center is the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Located 10,417 km east of Moscow, in the southeastern part of Sakhalin Island. There are 18 municipalities on the territory of the Sakhalin Region.

Most of the territory of Sakhalin Island is occupied by medium-high mountains. In the western part from its southern tip along the coast of the Tatar Strait, the West Sakhalin Mountains stretch for almost 650 km. In the eastern part are the East Sakhalin Mountains. Here are the highest peaks of the island - Mount Lopatina (height 1609 m) and Mount Nevelskogo (1397 m).

The mountain ranges of Sakhalin are divided by lowlands, quite swampy and cut through by rivers and streams. The main rivers of the island are the Tym and Poronai.