Country Russian Federation Elevation 349 m | Krai Khabarovsk Krai | |
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Federal subject Far Eastern Federal District | ||
Menshikov Island (Russian: Остров Меньшикова; Ostrov Men'shikova) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk located east of the Shantar Islands.
Geography
Menshikov Island lies 71 km to the east of the eastern shore of Kusov Island, the easternmost island of the Shantar group. It is 7 km long and has a maximum width of 1.6 km. It was named after one of the ships of the 1849-1855 Amur Expedition, which had been named after Admiral A.S. Menshikov.
Administratively this island belongs to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
References
Menshikov Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA