Korsakov (town)

Korsakov
Корсаков
大泊町
Location of Korsakov
Korsakov
Location of Korsakov
Korsakov
Korsakov (Sakhalin Oblast)
Coordinates: 46°38′N 142°46′E / 46.633°N 142.767°E / 46.633; 142.767
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast
Administrative districtKorsakovsky District
Founded1853
Government
  MayorLada Mudrova
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
  Total
33,526
  Capital ofKorsakovsky District
  Urban okrugKorsakovsky Urban Okrug
  Capital ofKorsakovsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
Postal code(s)
694020
Dialing code(s)+7 42435
OKTMO ID64716000001
Websitewww.sakh-korsakov.ru

Korsakov (Russian: Корсаков; Japanese: 大泊町, Ōdomari-chou / Ōtomari-chou) is a town and the administrative center of Korsakovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located 42 kilometers (26 mi) south from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the southern end of Sakhalin Island, on the coast of the Salmon Cove in the Aniva Bay. The town has a population of 33,526 as of the 2010 census.