Sea of OkhotskRussia
55°00′N 137°45′E
Shantar Islands
Шантарские острова
The Shantar Islands (Russian: Шантарские острова, romanized: Shantarskiye ostrova) are a group of fifteen islands located off the northwestern shore of the Sea of Okhotsk east of Uda Bay and north of Academy Bay.
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Overview
The Shantar Islands (Russian: Шантарские острова, romanized: Shantarskiye ostrova) are a group of fifteen islands located off the northwestern shore of the Sea of Okhotsk east of Uda Bay and north of Academy Bay. Most of the islands have rugged cliffs, but they are of moderate height; the highest point in the island group is 720 metres. The name of the island group has its origins in the Nivkh language from the word ч’андь č’and’ meaning "to be white". The islands are currently uninhabited.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands14
- Islets66
- Rocks & skerries695
Major islands
Bolshoy Shantar Island
- Area
- 1,857 km²
- High point
- 720 m
Bolshoy Shantar is the main island of the Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia; its area is 1,766 square kilometres (682 square miles) and it measures about 72 by 49 km (44+1⁄2 by 30+1⁄2 mi).
Feklistov Island
- Area
- 374 km²
- High point
- 455 m
Feklistova or Feklistov Island (Остров Феклистова; Ostrov Feklistova) is one of the Shantar Islands in Sea of Okhotsk. With an area of 372 square kilometres (144 square miles), it is the second largest in the archipelago.
Minor islands
Maly Shantar Island
- Area
- 74.4 km²
- High point
- 224 m
Belichy Island
- Area
- 68.8 km²
- High point
- 454 m
Prokofyev Island
- Area
- 29.2 km²
- High point
- 637 m
Medvezhy Island
- Area
- 26.4 km²
- High point
- 234 m
Kusova
- Area
- 7.5 km²
- High point
- 651 m
Sakharnaya Golova Island
- Area
- 4.2 km²
- High point
- 266 m
Ptichy Island
- Area
- 2.5 km²
- High point
- 246 m
остров Южный
- Area
- 2 km²
- High point
- 175 m
остров Сухотина
- Area
- 0.45 km²
- High point
- 151 m
остров Утичий
- Area
- 0.38 km²
- High point
- 179 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- High point
- 129 m
остров Северный
- Area
- 0.26 km²
- High point
- 113 m
остров Средний
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 55 m
Utichy Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Rocks & skerries
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 16 of 777; the rest are on the chart.
Figures
Comparative heights
- Bolshoy Shantar: 720 m
- Kusova: 651 m
- Prokofyev: 637 m
- Feklistov: 455 m
- Belichy: 454 m
- Sakharnaya Golova: 266 m
- Ptichy: 246 m
- Medvezhy: 234 m
- Maly Shantar: 224 m
- остров Утичий: 179 m
- остров Южный: 175 m
- остров Сухотина: 151 m
- остров Северный: 113 m
- остров Средний: 55 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Bolshoy Shantar Island | 1,857 km² |
| Feklistov Island | 374 km² |
| Maly Shantar Island | 74.4 km² |
| Belichy Island | 68.8 km² |
| Prokofyev Island | 29.2 km² |
| Medvezhy Island | 26.4 km² |
| Kusova | 7.5 km² |
| Sakharnaya Golova Island | 4.2 km² |
| Ptichy Island | 2.5 km² |
| остров Южный | 2 km² |
| остров Сухотина | 0.45 km² |
| остров Утичий | 0.38 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.31 km² |
| остров Северный | 0.26 km² |
| остров Средний | 0.13 km² |
Groups within
Photographs
Tidal Vortices in the Sea of Okhotsk around the Shantar Islands on September 24, 2021. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day for Dec 1, 2021.
Tidal Vortices in the Sea of Okhotsk around the Shantar Islands on September 24, 2021. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day for Dec 1, 2021.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Laminarflow oli 2021267 lrg 01 (cropped to Shantar Sea). NASA Earth Observatory / Public domain
- Laminarflow oli 2021267 lrg 01 (cropped to Feklistova Island). NASA Earth Observatory / Public domain