Mudyug Island

Mudyug Island – an island situated in front of the mouth of the Northern Dvina River, near the coast of the White Sea. The island is sandy and low-lying. The middle part of the island is covered with shrubs and pine forests. The eastern and southern shores are covered entirely by dunes, overgrown with moss and grass. The western shore is a shoal. To the west of the island is a shallow sandbar. To the east of M.I. there is the Sukhoe More Bay, a vast shallow water area, which is navigable for small vessels in the high water. Under Peter I, on an island at the entrance to the Northern Dvina, a lighthouse tower was constructed, in which the pilots from Arkhangelsk lived. On the western coast of M.I. is the lighthouse called the White Tower – one of the first lighthouses in the White Sea (construction finished in 1838). In the immediate vicinity, there are office and residential buildings. In 1958, in the southern part of M.I., a monument (a granite obelisk with a height of 24.5 m) was...