Poronaysk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Sakhalin Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 16,677
• Coordinates: 49.2204° N, 143.0912° E
• Time zone: Asia/Sakhalin (UTC+11:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 6,465 km (4,017 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Shakhtyorsk Airport (EKS): 73 km (46 mi), straight line
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport (UUS): 261 km (162 mi), straight line
• Nogliki Airport (NGK): 285 km (177 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Smirnykh: 61 km (38 mi)
• Makarov: 70 km (43 mi)
• Uglegorsk: 76 km (47 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 253 km (157 mi)