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
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.
History
American whaleship
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Terminology
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s sent
whaleboat
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s to the island to collect eggs from
seabird
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s. They called it Bird Island.
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, June 27, 1858, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
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Geographical coordinates of the points defining the position of the straight baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea, the economic zone and the continental shelf of the USSR off the continental coastline and islands of the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Khabarovsk Krai
Uninhabited islands of Russia
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