Reyneke Island (Russian: Остров Рейнеке; Ostrov Reyneke) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk, administratively part of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.[2] The uninhabited island lies 45 kilometres (28 miles) to the south-east of Menshikov Island, and has an area of approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) in length and a maximum width of 1.6 kilometres (0.99 miles). It is a mountainous island located close to a headland of the continental shore, separated from mainland Khabarovsk Krai by a 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) wide sound.[3]
Reyneke Island
Остров Рейнеке | |
|---|---|
  Reyneke Island | |
| Coordinates: 54°19′N 139°47′E / 54.317°N 139.783°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal Subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
| Elevation | 257 m (843 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 0 |
History
editReyneke Island was named after Mikhail Reyneke, Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy and an early hydrographer of the Russian Hydrographic Service in the region.[4]
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island in the 1850s and 1860s.[5][6] They called it Duck Island, because ships went there to shoot "ducks" (though whalemen applied the term loosely to a variety of seabirds).[7] They also went to the island to get wood and water.[8]
References
edit- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Ostrov Reyneke, Khabarovskiy Kray
- ^ Reyneke island (Okhotsk sea) - Picture
- ^ Bio of M. Reyneke
- ^ Massachusetts, of New Bedford, August 6, 1852, June 29, 1853, New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBW).
- ^ Josephine, of New Bedford, August 25, 1864, Kendall Whaling Museum.
- ^ Onward, of New Bedford, August 29, 1866, George Blunt White Library.
- ^ Massachusetts, of New Bedford, August 17, 1852, NBW.
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