Konus Island

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Konus
Coordinates: 60°32′40″N162°9′15″E / 60.54444°N 162.15417°E / 60.54444; 162.15417 [1]
Country Russian Federation
Federal subject Far Eastern Federal District
Krai Kamchatka Krai
Elevation
258 m (846 ft)

Konus Island is an island in Shelikhov Bay, Sea of Okhotsk. [2]

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Geography

Konus Island is 1.3 km long and 0.7 km wide. It is located off the eastern coast of Penzhina Bay, separated from the continental shore by a 3 km-wide sound. Administratively, it belongs to the Kamchatka Krai. [3] Ivyinichaman Island (Ивиньичаман) is located 7 km to the southwest.

History

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1860 to 1889. They called it Shag Rock. [4] [5] [6] Ships also anchored off the island to get coal [7] [8] and to trade with the natives for deer, fish, and berries. [9]

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References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia
  3. Ostrov Konus - Kamtchatski Kray
  4. Othello, of New Bedford, July 17, 1860, Peabody Essex Museum #751.
  5. Milton, of New Bedford, July 9, 1863, July 16, 1863, East Hampton Library.
  6. E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, June 20-21, 1889, July 9, 1889, George Blunt White Library #761.
  7. Josephine, of New Bedford, June 26, 1865, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM) #122C.
  8. Mary and Helen, of San Francisco, May 14-17, 1885, July 21-23, 1885, KWM #937.
  9. Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, August 18, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society #490A.