Chastye Islands
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Chastye Is.
Острова Частые | |
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Island group | |
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| Country | Russian Federation |
| Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
The Chastye Islands (Russian: Острова Частые; Ostrova Chastye) is an island group in the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk. It is located in Tatar Strait, between the mainland shore and the western coast of Sakhalin.[1] Although there are some settlements on the adjacent coast, the Chastye Islands are uninhabited.
Administratively the Chastye Islands belong to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
Islands
[edit | edit source]- Pilamif Island (Остров Пиламиф) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. is the largest island of the Chastye group. It is 5 km long and about 2 km wide. Pilamif is surrounded by a number of smaller islands, the most important of which are:[2][3]
- Tyurmus Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. and Metmus (or Khagemif) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. islands lie roughly 5 km north of Pilamif.
- Giamif Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. lies about 7 km to the northwest of Pilamif.
- Bolshoy Veliamif (or Maltsevy) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. and Malyy Veliamif Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. are located only about 2 km south of Pilamif.
- Bolshoy Choma, also known as Bolshoy Chome, (Остров Большой Чома) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., and Maly Choma Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., are located closer to the coast, southwest of Pilamif.
- Chakmut Island Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. is located off the group further south down the coast.
- Uyuzyut Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. is totally detached from the group and lies about 40 km north of the main cluster of islands, very close to a coastal landhead.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]These small islands are a home for a great variety of seabirds.[4][5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Location
- ^ Geographical data[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Russian)—Chastye Islands list
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- ^ Russian seabird data
External links
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