The aircraft began to descend rapidly in spirals over Moneron Island for . Soviet shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, near Moneron Island. The plane came down on the waters off the strait's only land mass, Moneron Island. Moneron Island was not Russian for long. The aircraft was last seen visually by Osipovich, "somehow descending slowly" over Moneron Island. Sakhalin has two smaller islands associated with it, Moneron Island and Ush Island. Paul Moneron was tasked with mapping the island named after him. Moneron Island, (, , Ainu&colon; Todomoshiri) is a small island off Sakhalin Island. Moneron has an area of about and a highest point of .