Prokofyeva (
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: ''Ostrov Prokofyeva'') is a small island in the
Sea of Okhotsk. It is one of the
Shantar Islands. It lies to the northeast of
Bolshoy Shantar Island.
History
Prokofyeva was frequented by
American whaleship
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.
Terminology
The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japa ...
s cruising for
bowhead whales between 1855 and 1885.
[''Mary Frazier'', of New Bedford, July 2, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); ''Louisa'', of New Bedford, July 4, 1858, NWC; ''Navy'', of New Bedford, July 11, 1861, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); ''Sea Breeze'', of New Bedford, Sept. 2, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; ''Mary and Helen II'', of San Francisco, Aug. 9, Aug. 23, 1885, KWM.]
Fauna
In the spring and summer there is a small nesting colony of
thick-billed murre
The thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot (''Uria lomvia'') is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich. The very deeply black North Pacific subspecies ''Uria lomvia arra'' ...
on the island.
[Kondratyev, A. Y., Litvinenko, N. M., Shibaev, Y. V., Vyatkin, P. S., & Kondratyeva, L. F. (2000)]
"The breeding seabirds of the Russian Far East"
''Seabirds of the Russian Far East'', 37-81.
References
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Shantar Islands
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Khabarovsk Krai