Ptichy Island (russian: Ostrov Ptichy, meaning 'Bird Island') is a small island 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 ...
. It lies close to the mainland off the western coast of the
Kamchatka Peninsula.
Geography
It is a 0.8 km long and 0.35 km wide coastal island. It is located off a headland in the northeastern Sea of Okhotsk, separated from the continental shore by a 7.6 km wide sound.
Administratively Ptichy Island belongs to the
Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...
.
Ostrov Ptichiy
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References
{{Sea of Okhotsk Islands
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Kamchatka Krai