Rovnyy
Ровный
Island
Rovnyy is located in Kamchatka Krai
Rovnyy
Rovnyy
Coordinates: 60°51′30″N 163°17′20″E / 60.85833°N 163.28889°E / 60.85833; 163.28889[1]
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectFar Eastern Federal District
KraiKamchatka Krai
Elevation
208 m (682 ft)

Rovnyy Island or Arka Island[2] is an island in Shelikhov Bay, Sea of Okhotsk.[3]

Geography

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.

History

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1860 to 1889. They called it Umbrella Island.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ Ostrov Arka / Kamtchatski Kray
  3. ^ Zoosystematica Rossica. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 105. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ^ Ostrov Rovnyy
  5. ^ Othello, of New Bedford, August 30, 1860, Peabody Essex Museum #751.
  6. ^ Onward, of New Bedford, July 12, 1864, George Blunt White Library (GBWL) #856.
  7. ^ E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, July 12, 1889, GBWL #761.
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