Kamen Ariy (

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: Камень Арий), or Ary Rock, is an uninhabited islet of the

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in the North

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, east of the

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in Eastern

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. These islands belong to the

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of the Russian Federation. Described as "craggy" by

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, Kamen Ariy is about west of Tufted Puffin Rock and consists of two rocks. The northern rock is pointed and reaches a height of . The southern rock is much flatter and only reaches a height of . The islands were first named as Novy Island (Новый) by naval officer

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in 1824. Three years later, the islet was visited by explorer

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and was named Sivuchy (Сивучьим). It was finally named Ariy in 1848 due to the amount of

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s (

: ''ара'') that took rest on the islet. Since 1883, the rock was designated as such on maps according to the . As part of the Commander Islands, its temperature averages in August and in February. The islet's precipitation averages about each year. Since 1983, the islet was designated as a

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on 28 December of that year and is part of the Commander Islands State Nature Biosphere Reserve. It gained protected status due to the islet hosting multiple animal species on its surface, which include: seventeen protected species of birds,

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s and

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