Chastye Islands
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| Chastyye Is. Острова Частые |
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| Country | Russian Federation |
| Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
The Chastyye Islands (Острова Частые; Ostrova Chastyye) is an island group in the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk. It is located in the Sakhalin Gulf, right north of the Tatar Strait, between the mainland shore and the western coast of Sakhalin.[1] Although there are some settlements on the adjacent coast, the Chastyye Islands are uninhabited.
Administratively the Chastyye Islands belong to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
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Islands
- Pilamif Island (Остров Пиламиф) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. is the largest island of the Chastyye 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 in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Metmus (or Khagemif) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. islands lie roughly 5 km north of Pilamif.
- Giamif Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. lies about 7 km to the northwest of Pilamif.
- Bolshoy Veliamif (or Maltsevy) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Malyy Veliamif Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. are located only about 2 km south of Pilamif.
- Bolshoy Choma, also known as Bolshoy Chome, (Остров Большой Чома) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., and Malyy Choma Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., are located closer to the coast, southwest of Pilamif.
- Chakmut Island Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. is located off the group further south down the coast.
- Uyuzyut Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' 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
These small islands are a home for a great variety of seabirds.[4][5]
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