Uglegorsk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Sakhalin Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 12,669
• Coordinates: 49.0799° N, 142.0688° E
• Time zone: Asia/Sakhalin (UTC+11:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 6,429 km (3,995 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Shakhtyorsk Airport (EKS): 12 km (8 mi), straight line
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport (UUS): 249 km (155 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Makarov: 72 km (45 mi)
• Poronaysk: 76 km (47 mi)
• Smirnykh: 92 km (57 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 242 km (150 mi)