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Reyneke Island (Sea of Okhotsk)

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Country
  
Russian Federation

Elevation
  
257 m

Krai
  
Khabarovsk Krai

Reyneke Island (Sea of Okhotsk)

Federal subject
  
Far Eastern Federal District

Reyneke Island (Russian: Остров Рейнеке; Ostrov Reyneke) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk located southeast of the Shantar Islands.

Contents

Map of Ostrov Reyneke, Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia, 682449

Geography

Reyneke Island lies lies 45 km to the southeast of Menshikov Island. It is 7 km long and has a maximum width of 1.6 km. It is a mountainous island located close to a headland of the continental shore, separated from it by a 5 km wide sound. This island was named after Mikhail Reyneke, Vice Admiral and hydrographer of the Russian Hydrographic Service.

Administratively this island belongs to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.

References

Reyneke Island (Sea of Okhotsk) Wikipedia