Uglegorsk (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)

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Name (Latin)
Uglegorsk (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
Other forms of name
Uguregorusuku-shi (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
Uglegorsk (Russia)
nne Uglegorsk (R.S.F.S.R.)
Coordinates
142.0333333 142.0333333 49.06666667 49.06666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
See Also From tracing place name
Esutoru-chō (Karafuto, Japan)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 126805667
Wikidata: Q196778
Library of congress: n 91093958
Sources of Information
  • BGN gaz. USSR(Uglegorsk, POPL, 49°05ʹN 142°02ʹE; located in Sakhalinskaya oblast)
  • Geographic names server, March 2, 2024(Uglegorsk; variants: Esutoru; Esutoru-Hamashigai; Hama-shigai; populated place, Russia, Sakhalinskaya Oblast; Latitude (DMS) 49:04:50, Longitude (DMS) 142:03:52; Latitude (DD) 49.080467 Longitude (DD) 142.064489; also lists Tsiolkovskiy, variant Uglegorsk, Russian, Amurskaya Oblast)
  • Wikipedia, March 2, 2024:Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast (Uglegorsk (Russian: Углегорск = Uglegorsk) is a coastal port town and the administrative center of Uglegorsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the west coast of Sakhalin Island; It was founded as Esutoru (恵須取), meaning "between capes" in the Ainu language, during Japanese rule in 1905. It came to Soviet control along with the rest of the Sakhalin Island with the defeat of Japan in World War II. Town status was granted to it in 1946, along with its present name; 49°04ʹN 142°02ʹE)
  • Enkaishū no mieru machi, 1988:(in subtitle: Karafuto Esutoru-chō) p. 29, etc. (Esutoru [in kana]; 1929, Esutoru-mura [no publs. in LC data base] became Esutoru-chō; 1946, name changed to Uglegorsk (Uguregorusuku-shi))
  • Soviet Union. Glav. upr. geodezii i kartografii. Atlas SSSR, 1983:p. 78 (Uglegorsk; located on Sakhalin Island)
  • BGN gaz. USSR(Uglegorsk, POPL, 49p0s05ʹN 142p0s02ʹE; located in Sakhalinskaya oblast)