Sea Lion Rock (russian: Сивучий Камень, Sivuchiy Kamen), is a rock islet just off
Medny Island in the
Commander Islands
The Commander Islands, Komandorski Islands, or Komandorskie Islands (russian: Командо́рские острова́, ''Komandorskiye ostrova'') are a series of treeless, sparsely populated Russian islands in the Bering Sea located about ea ...
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arc ...
, in the
Bering Sea.
The nearest mainland area is the
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and w ...
, in
Kamchatka Krai,
Russia
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.
See also
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Islands of the Commander Islands
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Islands of the Russian Far East
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
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Islands of the Commander Islands
Islands of the Bering Sea
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Kamchatka Krai