Kolchak Island
Native name: остров Колчака | |
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Map of the Taymyr group. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kara Sea |
| Length | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Width | 6.5 km (4.04 mi) |
| Administration | |
Russia | |
| Krai | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Kolchak Island or Kolchaka Island (Russian: остров Колчака, ostrov Kolchaka, 'Kolchak's island'), is an island in the Kara Sea located in a coastal area of skerries southeast of Taymyr Island.
It was known as Rastorguyev Island (Russian: остров Расторгуева, ostrov Rastorguyeva) in the period between 1937 and 2005 .