The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making Peschany look like a tropical atoll in the maps.

[2] Peschany is located 74 kilometers (46 mi) to the east of Bolshoy Begichev Island.

[3] The sea surrounding Peschany Island is covered with pack ice in the winter.

[4] The climate is marked by severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and low temperatures even in the short summer season which lasts barely two months.

There is, as a rule of thumb, a gale per day lasting between 8 and 12 hours... Ostrov Peschany must be one of the bleakest and least inviting islands anywhere in the world.