Just like to give you some info about the location of my job right now...
According to wikipedia, Sakhalin also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N. It is part of Russia and is its largest island, administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. The indigenous peoples of the island are the Sakhalin Ainu, Oroks, and Nivkhs.[1] However in 1949 Russians expelled all Ainu (and Japanese) on the island with most relocating to Hokkaidō.
The European names derived from misinterpretation of a Manchu name sahaliyan ula angga hada (peak of the mouth of Amur River). Sahaliyan means black in Manchu and refers to Amur River (sahaliyan ula). Its Japanese name, Karafuto (樺太) comes from Ainu Kamuy-Kara-Puto-Ya-Mosir (Kara Puto), which means "God of mouth of water land". The name was restored to the island by the Japanese during their possession of its southern part (1905-1945).
It's on top of Japan and Philippines as you can see on the sreenshot of google earth...
Full details on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin
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