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Belichy

Беличий остров
Belichy Беличий остров
Island
	Map of the Shantar Islands. Belichy is the smaller, elongated island to the south of Bolshoy Shantar.
	Belichy
	Coordinates: 54°25′40″N 137°50′20″E / 54.42778°N 137.83889°E
Country	Russian Federation
Federal subject	Far Eastern Federal District
Krai	Khabarovsk Krai
Area
• Total	70 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	453 m (1,486 ft)

Belichy Island (Russian: Беличий остров, Belichy Ostrov, literally: "Squirrel Island") is a narrow island in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk, one of the Shantar Islands.

Geography

The island is 20.3 km in length, with a maximum width of about 5 km. It is covered in larch forests.

Belichy Island is separated from Bolshoy Shantar Island to the north by Proliv Severo-Vostochny, from Maly Shantar Island to the west by Proliv Opasny, and from the mainland to the south by Lindholm Strait. To its east lies Academy Bay.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Belichy was frequented by American whaleships hunting bowhead whales between 1857 and 1889.^[4]

References

^ "Ostrov Belichy". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "Ostrov Belichy". chinci.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "Ostrov Belichy". myfishmaps.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, June 30, Aug. 24, 1857, June 27, July 1-2, 1859, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Florida, of Fairhaven, Aug. 3, 1860, One Whaling Family, Williams (1964); Java, of New Bedford, June 27, 1866, Kendall Whaling Museum; E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, October 6, 1889, GBWL #761.