Rovnyy Island or Arka Island[2] is an island in Shelikhov Bay, Sea of Okhotsk.[3]
Rovnyy
Ровный | |
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Rovnyy | |
Coordinates: 60°51′30″N 163°17′20″E / 60.85833°N 163.28889°E[1] | |
Country | Russian Federation |
Federal subject | Far Eastern Federal District |
Krai | Kamchatka Krai |
Elevation | 208 m (682 ft) |
Rovnyy Island is 2.2 km long and 1.4 km wide. It is located off the eastern coast of Penzhina Bay, separated from the continental shore by a 6.8 km wide sound.[4] Administratively it belongs to the Kamchatka Krai.
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1860 to 1889. They called it Umbrella Island.[5][6][7]