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Menshikov Island 
Summary
Menshikov Island (Russian: Остров Меньшикова; Ostrov Men'shikova) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk located east of the Shantar Islands.[1]
Menshikov Island
Остров Меньшикова | |
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  Menshikov Island | |
| Coordinates: 54°36′N 139°14′E / 54.600°N 139.233°E | |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Federal subject | Far Eastern Federal District |
| Krai | Khabarovsk Krai |
| Elevation | 349 m (1,145 ft) |
Geography edit
Menshikov Island lies 71 km to the east of the eastern shore of Kusov Island, the easternmost island of the Shantar group. It is 7 km long and has a maximum width of 1.6 km. It was named after one of the ships of the 1849-1855 Amur Expedition, which had been named after Admiral A.S. Menshikov.[2]
Administratively this island belongs to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.[3]
History edit
American whaleships sent whaleboats to the island to collect eggs from seabirds. They called it Bird Island.[4]
References edit
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Emil Bretschneider, History of European Botanical Discoveries in China, p. 574
- ^ Ostrov Menshikova, Russia
- ^ Montezuma, of New London, June 27, 1858, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
External links edit
- Geographical coordinates of the points defining the position of the straight baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea, the economic zone and the continental shelf of the USSR off the continental coastline and islands of the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea