Karkarpko Island
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Karkarpko Island is a small island in the Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the De Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the Bering Sea and the Pacific...

. It is close to the coast, being only 3 km (1.9 mi) away to the east from the landtip north of Cape Vankarem
Cape Vankarem
Cape Vankarem is a cape in the Chukchi Sea on the northern coast of Chukotka between Cape Schmidt to the west and Kolyuchinskaya Bay to the east...

 in the Chukotka Peninsula.

This island is only 0.6 km (0.372823641989884 mi) in length.

Karkarpko Island has a Stationary Observation Site for environmental observations, like the monitoring of species.

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