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Prokofyeva (
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *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 BrĂ¼nnich's guillemot (''Uria lomvia'') is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane BrĂ¼nnich. 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

{{coord, 55, 04, N, 138, 23, E, display=title, region:RU_type:isle_source:GNS-enwiki Shantar Islands Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk Islands of the Russian Far East Islands of Khabarovsk Krai