page_title: Moneron Island
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Moneron Island / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Outline Map of Sakhalin
context_page_description: Moneron Island, is a small island off Sakhalin Island. It is currently part of Russia.
context_section_description: Moneron has an area of about 30 square kilometres (12 sq mi) and a highest point of 429 metres (1,407 ft).  It is approximately 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long (N/S axis) by 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide, and is located 41 nautical miles (76 km) from Sakhalin's port of Nevelsk and about 30 nautical miles (56 km) directly southwest of Sakhalin Island itself at the northeastern end of the Sea of Japan. It is the only landmass in the whole Tatar Straits. It has no permanent population.
caption: Location of Moneron
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