Sankova Medvezhe Map

San'kovo Medvež'e Maps

The GPS tracks and waypoints of our visit is laid out on this map.

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An enlargement of the enclave area itself. We did not visit Sankovo because the street was overgrown of vegetation. Positions of waypoints: 654: 52°26'33,5"N 31°36'29,8"E (141,2 m), 655: 52°28'27,6"N 31°32'59,3"E (138,31m), 656: 52°28'49,3"N 31°33'01,4"E (132,5 m), 657: 52°28'46,7"N 31°33'01,2"E (132,3 m), 658: 52°28'53,1"N 31°34'36,8"E (131,6 m), 659: 52°29'05,5"N 31°33'03,9"E (127,0 m), 660: 52°29'51,7"N 31°33'06,9"E (123,4 m) and 661: 52°28'34,0"N 31°32'59,3"E (125,6 m). Air distances (in km): 655–661: 0.197, 661–657: 0.396, 657–656: 0.08, 656–659: 0.50, 659–660: 1.43 and 657–658: 1.815.

Following air distances were measured (in km): 1–2: 2.85, 2–3: 0.80, 3–4: 1.67, 4–5: 0.80, 5–6: 1.23, 6–7: 0.87, 7–8: 0,41, 8–9: 0.49, 9–1: 1.47, 1–4: 3.92 and 4–2: 2.32.

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San'kovo Medvež'e is consisting from two villages, San'kovo (west) and Medvež'e (east). Due to the explosion in the nuclear power plant in Černobyl in 1986 this area is polluted and left. At the most narrow point the distance from the exclave (at its south eastern corner) to mainland Russia is only about 570 metres.

I would like to thank especially Dr Brendan Whyte for his contribution of maps and other information to this report.