Prokofyeva Island
 The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk | |
  Prokofyeva | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sea of Okhotsk |
| Coordinates | 55°04′N 138°23′E / 55.067°N 138.383°E |
| Archipelago | Shantar Islands |
| Administration | |
| Federal Subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
Prokofyeva (Russian: Ostrov Prokofyeva) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk.[1] It is one of the Shantar Islands. It lies to the northeast of Bolshoy Shantar Island.
History
[edit]Prokofyeva was frequented by American whaleships cruising for bowhead whales between 1855 and 1885.[2]
Fauna
[edit]In the spring and summer there is a small nesting colony of thick-billed murre on the island.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Office, United States Hydrographic (1952). Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Siberia: Mys Otto Shmidta to Sakhalinskiy Zaliv (Sakhalin Gulf). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 2, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Louisa, of New Bedford, July 4, 1858, NWC; Navy, of New Bedford, July 11, 1861, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sept. 2, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; Mary and Helen II, of San Francisco, Aug. 9, Aug. 23, 1885, KWM.
- ^ 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.
