Shelikan, also Ostrovok Shelikan, is a coastal islet in the
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
near
Magadan
Magadan ( rus, Магадан, p=məɡɐˈdan) is a port town and the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Sea of Okhotsk in Nagayev Bay (within Taui Bay) and serving as a gateway to the Kolyma region.
History
Maga ...
. It lies on the south side of
Amakhton Bay.
[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). ''Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia''. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.]
Geography
Shelikan is located on the west side of
Taui Bay
Taui Bay (Russian: Тауйская губа; ''Tauyskaya Guba'') is a body of water in the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of the Magadan Oblast in Russia. The bay opens to the south.
Geography
It is some 130 km (80 mi) wide and 75 km (46 ...
and is separated from the continental shore by a 2.5 km wide sound.
It is 122 m (400 ft) in height and is surrounded by shallow water.
Administratively this island is part of the
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...
.
Ostrovok Shelikan (Ostrov Shelikan) / Magadanskaya Oblast'
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Fauna
In the spring and summer one of the largest known colonies of slaty-backed gull
The slaty-backed gull (''Larus schistisagus'') is a large, white-headed gull that breeds on the north-eastern coast of the Palearctic, but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons. It is similar in appearance to the western gull and the glaucou ...
in the Russian Far East is found 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
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of Magadan Oblast
Uninhabited islands of Russia
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