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Bolshoy Shantar

The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
Geography
Bolshoy Shantar Island (Russia)
Bolshoy Shantar Island
Bolshoy Shantar Island (Russia)
Location Sea of Okhotsk
Coordinates 54°56′N 137°30′E / 54.933, 137.5
Archipelago Shantar Islands
Area 1,766 square kilometres (682 sq mi)
Length 72 kilometres (45 mi)
Width 49 kilometres (30 mi)
Country
 Russia
Federal Subject Khabarovsk Krai

Bolshoy Shantar is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. It is the main island of the Shantar Islands. Its area is 1766 km².It is about 72 Km in length and 49 Km in width. It has a large brackish lake (Lake Bol'shoe) in its northern end which is connected to the sea through a narrow passage. Smelts (Hypomesus japonicus) and (H. olidus) are found on this lake.1

There are spruce forests on Bolshoy Shantar.2

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

History

The Shantar Islands were explored by Russian surveyors between 1711 and 1725.3

References

  1. ^ Lake Bol'shoe
  2. ^ Taiga in the Shantarskiye Islands
  3. ^ From the History of the Great Russian Geographical Discoveries in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans in the Seventeenth and First Half of the Eighteenth Centuries. by A. V. Efimov
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Coordinates: 54°56′N 137°30′E / 54.933, 137.5