diane9247
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It's on Bering Island (Russia). While we're at it, I also wonder what the colleciton of buildings is to the SE and scattered around elsewhere. Nearby, the GE label says Seleniye. Doesn't look like an ordinary village to me - research, maybe?
Diane 
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Hill
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No idea yet, but I did come across a good collection of photos from elsewhere on the island.
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transient52
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Purely guessing that it is a hangover from the coldwar days. These islands were used as listening posts by the Russian military due to their proximity to the USA.
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diane9247
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Thanks Heamit and transient.
I seems feasible that this is an old military station of some kind - we certainly had ours on Shemya and Adak. I did a little research on the Aleutians, including their use by the Japanese in WWII, which I hadn't known about. Heamit - I did see that collection of photos. I thought it was one of the most gorgeous landscapes I've ever seen. Maybe I'll retire there!
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Diane 
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Nickolay
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It`s the Komandor islands scientists zone. A long and close bridge for silent movement of people without to trouble for sea-cats (fur-seal).
The breeding-ground is protected area! See photo on http://photo.beringisland.ru/thumbnails.php?album=11
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Hale
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Hi Everyone, Hey Nickolay....
I don't know exactly what it is, but I'll take a stab at it.
The unknown object appears as a straight black line, about 345 meters long, with a structure at each end and a cubic structure located in the "thing"; It is pointing NNW. If you look at the "thing" carefully you see the shadows of short lines protruding from both sides of the tube, every 2½ meters; I believe the tube is elevated above the ground, supported by metal legs in the form of A-frames (the short protruding lines)..
I believe the "thing", which Nickolay called a "bridge", is actually a large pipe or tube, tho for the life of me, I don't understand its function. I hope Nickolay will read this and post a reply. If it is a bridge where do people go to and from? Where are the people who use the bridge?
Thanks . HTH 
hale
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heamit
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Hi again diane9247
I just wanted to point out that it was Hill who provided those photos not me   Generally, the way to tell us apart is that if it sounds intelligent and well thought-through, it was probably Hill; if it sounds silly, it was probably me 
PS I agree with Hale that it looks like a short pipeline. But I have not been able to come up with anything else yet either. The abandoned settlement was called "Severnoye" and the sea lion rookery apparently "Severnoye Lezhbishche". This article discusses a survey of sea lions conducted in the area.
But why a pipeline? ...more research required
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diane9247
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Hello Nikolay -
Your suggestion makes sense. I can't figure out why the "bridge" has so many supports (pointed out by Hale) - like legs on a centipede! I've seen pictures of pipelines and they do seem to have a lot of supports that are angled out like that.
Just tonight I noticed something else: at the end there is a long shadow that implies a tall, narrow structure. An observation tower? Handy for checking out an entire seal colony on the rocks? And I can't get by the idea that if it is a pipe for fuel, it doesn't appear to go anywhere.
Well, another GE mystery, perhaps never to be solved. 
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diane9247
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Loc: Californian stranded in Oregon
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Hey heamit -
I'll keep that in mind and from now on...
Hill: intelligent
Heamit: silly
But, seriously...I have done some research, too, and came up with nothing much. As for those fabulous photos on the Russian photo site (uh, as noted by the brilliant HILL ) - I even e-mailed the guy, who said he grew up there, and haven't gotten a reply. Bummer!!
Anyway, I'm going to stick my neck out and vote for Looking-at-Seals Bridge w/ Observation Tower at the End.
Diane
PS: Hale, heamit, Hill...I can't keep you guys straight!!!
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Frank_McVey
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Nicholay is quite right and it's just his terminology that prevented us understanding his reply.
There's a large seal colony here.
This structure is a "blind", a wooden corridor used by scientists to transit from the shore to the observation hide in the middle and the observation tower at the end, without disturbing the sea-lions at their nuptials.
Here is an image of it!
Cheers,
Frank
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