Moneron Island is located in the Tatar Strait southwest of Sakhalin Island at the northeastern end of the Sea of Japan. It is the first marine natural park in Russia. The island is a popular place for diving and for birds. Korean Air Flight 007 crashed into the sea about 55 kilometers from Moneron Island on September 1, 1983, after it was shot down. Strait of Tartary (Gulf of Tartary, Gulf of Tatary, Tatar Strait, Tartar Strait, Strait of Tartar, also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) strait in the Pacific Ocean dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin from mainland Asia (South-East Russia), connecting the Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the... Sakhalin (Russian: Сахалин), also Saghalien, 库页岛 (Ku Ye Dao, Chinese), or Karafuto (Japanese: 樺太) is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N, in East Siberia, Russia. ... The Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ... Korean Air Flight 007, also known as KAL 007 or KE007, was a Korean Air civilian airliner shot down with all on board by Soviet jet interceptors on September 1, 1983 just west of Sakhalin island. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Surrounded by steep cliffs and rocky islets, it is a haven for sea birds. The warm Tsushima current brings abundant marine life to the surrounding waters and species normally found much further south abound. Tsushima is a name related to Japan. ...

It was known as Totomoshiri to its original Ainu inhabitants. It came under the daimyo of Matsumae in the eighteenth century and got its current European name from a visit of the French navigator La Perouse who named it Moneron after one of his engineers. Latterly, the Japanese named it Kaibato but it reverted to its European name after Japan's defeat in WW II and its occupation by Russia. The Ainu (pronounced , eye-noo, アイヌ / aynu) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido, the northern part of Honshu in Northern Japan, the Kuril Islands, much of Sakhalin, and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula. ... Matsumae was the name of a town in Hokkaido, Japan, near the port of Hakodate. ... Jean François Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741 - 1788) was a French explorer. ... This article is about the continent. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

At lat. 46 16N, long. 141 15E, it has an area of about 30 sq km and a highest point of 429m. It has no permanent population.

References

• Sakhalin Travel Group Diving Center - [1]