Makar Island

In 1985 bison bones from the Pleistocene were collected by Yu.

[2] Makar Island is located off the NW end of Sellyakh Bay, about 30 km (19 mi) from the mouths of the Chondon to the south, and 21 km (13 mi) north of the Shelonsky Islands.

[3] The Yana Bay area is subject to severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and blizzards.

The sea in the bay is frozen with thick ice for about eight months every year.

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