The Chastye Islands (russian: Острова Частые; Ostrova Chastye) is an island group in the southern end of 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 ...
. It is located in
Tatar Strait
Strait of Tartary or Gulf of Tartary (russian: Татарский пролив; ; ja, 間宮海峡, Mamiya kaikyō, Mamiya Strait; ko, 타타르 해협) is a strait in the Pacific Ocean dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin from mainland Asia ...
, between the mainland shore and the western coast of
Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
. Although there are some settlements on the adjacent coast, the Chastye Islands are uninhabited.
Administratively the Chastye Islands belong to the
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...
of the
Russian Federation
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.
Islands
*Pilamif Island (Остров Пиламиф) is the largest island of the Chastye group. It is 5 km long and about 2 km wide. Pilamif is surrounded by a number of smaller islands, the most important of which are:
*Tyurmus and Metmus (or Khagemif) islands lie roughly 5 km north of Pilamif.
*Giamif lies about 7 km to the northwest of Pilamif.
*Bolshoy Veliamif (or Maltsevy) and Malyy Veliamif are located only about 2 km south of Pilamif.
*Bolshoy Choma, also known as Bolshoy Chome, (Остров Большой Чома) , and Maly Choma , are located closer to the coast, southwest of Pilamif.
*Chakmut Island is located off the group further south down the coast.
*Uyuzyut is totally detached from the group and lies about 40 km north of the main cluster of islands, very close to a coastal landhead.
Ecology
These small islands are a home for a great variety of seabirds.
Russian seabird data
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References
External links
325k Satellite view
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean
Islands of the Russian Far East
Archipelagoes of Khabarovsk Krai
Uninhabited islands of Russia
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