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Menshikov Island
Island in the country of Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Menshikov Island (Russian: Остров Меньшикова; Ostrov Men'shikova) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk located east of the Shantar Islands.[1]
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Geography
Menshikov Island lies 71 kilometres (44 mi) to the east of the eastern shore of Kusov Island, the easternmost island of the Shantar group. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long and has a maximum width of 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi). 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]
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History
American whaleships sent whaleboats to the island to collect eggs from seabirds. They called it Bird Island.[4]
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