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Sakhalin Oblast

Starodubskoye amber beach

Amber shore Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: driftwood jet.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain).

Why this spot

Storm-cast honey-dark sakhalinite amber from Paleogene coals washes onto the Okhotsk shore

Documented Russian amber locality popular with island beachcombers.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cold surf, storms

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