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Ptichy Island (Russian: Остров Птичий, Ostrov Ptichy, meaning Bird Island) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Geography | |
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Location | Sea of Okhotsk |
Coordinates | 54°35′59″N 137°04′47″E |
Archipelago | Shantar Islands |
Length | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
Highest elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
Administration | |
Federal Subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Ptichy Island is one of the Shantar Islands. It lies between the southwest point of Bolshoy Shantar and Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha on the mainland. It is a little over 1.6 km (1 mi) in length and rises to a height of 290 m (951 ft).[1]
Between 1857 and 1889, American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off Ptichiy.[2] They called it Big Stinker[3] or just Stinker Island, "on account of the dead whales drifting along there from the ice".[4] Along with Utichy, it was considered one of the Stinker Islands.[5][6][7] Ships also anchored under it during strong winds[8] and boat crews spent the night on the island after cruising for whales all day.[9]
In the summer there is a large colony of spectacled guillemots on the island, as well as a smaller nesting colony of thick-billed murres.[10]
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