Location Sea of Okhotsk Length 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Federal Subject Khabarovsk Krai Elevation 290 m | Archipelago Shantar Islands Highest elevation 290 m (950 ft) Population 0 Island group Shantar Islands | |
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Ptichy Island (Russian: Oстров Птичий, Ostrov Ptichy, meaning Bird Island) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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Map of Ostrov Ptichiy, Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia, 682564
Geography
Ptichy Island is one of the Shantar Islands. It lies between the southwest point of Bolshoy Shantar and Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha on the mainland. It is a little over 1.6 km (1 mi) in length and rises to a height of 290 m (951 ft).
History
Between 1857 and 1866, American whaleships hunted bowhead whales in the waters around Ptichiy. They called it Stinker Island, "on account of the dead whales drifting along there from the ice".
Fauna
In the summer there is a large colony of spectacled guillemots on the island, as well as a smaller nesting colony of thick-billed murres.
References
Ptichy Island (Shantar Islands) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA