Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Rimsky Korsakov Archipelago

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago

Islands
  
Isola di Durnovo, Bol'šoj Pelis, Isola di Stenin, Stenin Island, Bolshoy Pelis

Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago (42°42′N 131°26′E, Russian: Архипелаг Римского-Корсакова) is a group of six small islands and few kekurs (rocky islets) in Peter the Great Gulf of Sea of Japan under administration of Khasansky District. Islands are located approximately 70 km (43 mi) to southwest of Vladivostok.

Map of Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago, Russia, 692701

The archipelago is uninhabited and has area of approximately 6 square kilometres. The highest point is 144 m (472 ft) (Stenin Island). The largest island is Bolshoy Pelis (4 km²).

Islands were discovered for Europeans by French whalers in 1851 and named Iles pelée. Later the archipelago was named after commander of schooner Vostok Voin Rimsky-Korsakov.

References

Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago Wikipedia