Rovnyy Island or Arka Island is an island in
Shelikhov Bay
Shelikhov Gulf (russian: залив Шелихова) is a large gulf off the northwestern coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The gulf is named after Russian explorer Grigory Shelikhov.
It is located in the northeastern corner of the Sea of Okhotsk and ...
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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 ...
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Geography
Rovnyy Island is 2.2 km long and 1.4 km wide. It is located off the eastern coast of
Penzhina Bay
Penzhina Bay (russian: Пе́нжинская губа́, ''Penzhinskaya guba'') is a long and narrow bay off the northwestern coast of Kamchatka, Russia.
Geography
Penzhina Bay is the upper right arm of Shelikhov Bay in the northeastern corner o ...
, separated from the continental shore by a 6.8 km wide sound. Administratively it 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 ...
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History
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
whaleships cruised for
bowhead whale
The bowhead whale (''Balaena mysticetus'') is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and the only living representative of the genus ''Balaena''. They are the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and subarctic waters, ...
s off the island from 1860 to 1889. They called it Umbrella Island.
[''E. F. Herriman'', of San Francisco, July 12, 1889, GBWL #761.]
References
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Uninhabited islands of Russia
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