Menshikov Island

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Menshikov Island
Остров Меньшикова
Island
Menshikov Island is located in Khabarovsk Krai
Menshikov Island
Menshikov Island
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Country Russian Federation
Federal subject Far Eastern Federal District
Krai Khabarovsk Krai
Elevation 349 m (1,145 ft)

Menshikov Island (Russian: Остров Меньшикова; Ostrov Men'shikova) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk located east of the Shantar Islands.[1]

Geography

Menshikov Island lies 71 km to the east of the eastern shore of Kusov Island, the easternmost island of the Shantar group. It is 7 km long and has a maximum width of 1.6 km. It was named after one of the ships of the 1849-1855 Amur Expedition, which had been named after Admiral A.S. Menshikov.[2]

Administratively this island belongs to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.[3]

References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Emil Bretschneider, History of European Botanical Discoveries in China, p. 574
  3. Ostrov Menshikova, Russia

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