Ptichy Island (Shantar Islands)

Ptichy Island
Oстров Птичий
	The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
	Ptichy Island (Russia)
Geography
Location	Sea of Okhotsk
Coordinates	54°35′59″N 137°04′47″E / 54.59972°N 137.07972°E
Archipelago	Shantar Islands
Length	1.6 km (0.99 mi)
Highest elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Administration
	Russia
Federal Subject	Khabarovsk Krai
Demographics
Population	0

Ptichy Island (Russian: Oстров Птичий, Ostrov Ptichy, meaning Bird Island) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Geography

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]

History

Between 1857 and 1885, American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off Ptichiy.^[2] They called it Stinker Island, "on account of the dead whales drifting along there from the ice".^[3]

Fauna

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.^[4]

References

↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
↑ Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, Aug. 18, 1857, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 18, 1859, NWC; Josephine, of New Bedford, Sept. 25, 1864, Aug. 28, 1865, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sept. 4, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; Mary and Helen II, of San Francisco, Aug. 15, Aug. 17, 1885, KWM.
↑ Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
↑ Kondratyev, A. Y., Litvinenko, N. M., Shibaev, Y. V., Vyatkin, P. S., & Kondratyeva, L. F. (2000). "The breeding seabirds of the Russian Far East". Seabirds of the Russian Far East, 37-81.

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[ECR2014-1] National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.

[2] Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, Aug. 18, 1857, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 18, 1859, NWC; Josephine, of New Bedford, Sept. 25, 1864, Aug. 28, 1865, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sept. 4, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; Mary and Helen II, of San Francisco, Aug. 15, Aug. 17, 1885, KWM.

[3] Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

[RusSB-4] Kondratyev, A. Y., Litvinenko, N. M., Shibaev, Y. V., Vyatkin, P. S., & Kondratyeva, L. F. (2000). "The breeding seabirds of the Russian Far East". Seabirds of the Russian Far East, 37-81.