Sivuch'i Rocks

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Sivuch'i Rocks
Острова Сивучьи Камни
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The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
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Location in Khabarovsk Krai
Geography
Location Sea of Okhotsk
Coordinates 54°49′N136°17′E / 54.817°N 136.283°E / 54.817; 136.283
Archipelago Shantar Islands
Administration
Federal Subject Khabarovsk Krai
Demographics
Population0

The Sivuch'i Rocks (Russian : Острова Сивучьи Камни, Ostrova Sivuch'i Kamni) are a group of barren islets and rocks on the eastern side of Uda Gulf, in the western Sea of Okhotsk. [1]

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Uda Gulf bay

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Geography

They lie just north of Medvezhy Island. The largest are two islets, lying 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest and southeast from each other, the former 232 m (761 ft) high and the latter 171 m (561 ft) high. A 79 m (259 ft) high pillar rock lies just to the southwest of the latter of the two islets. Reefs fringe the group. [2]

Medvezhy Island Island in Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation

Medvezhy Island is a long, narrow island in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk, the westernmost of the Shantar Islands. It lies on the eastern side of Uda Gulf. It is 12.9 km long. It is separated from the mainland by Shevchenko Straight.

History

American whaleships and boat crews cruised for bowhead whales around the rocks between 1855 and 1874. They called them the Sugar Loaf or Pinnacle Rocks. [3] On the night of 11 October 1858, the bark Ocean Wave (380 tons), under Captain Hiram Baker, of New Bedford, was wrecked on one of the rocks during a gale. All hands were lost. [4] [5] [6]

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Commercial open-boat whaling by American and European ships occurred in the Sea of Okhotsk from the 1830s to the early 1900s. They primarily caught right and bowhead whales. Both populations of these species declined drastically, with the latter once thought to be extinct by western historians. Peak catches were made in the 1840s and 1850s. It's estimated that as many as 15,200 bowheads and 2,400 rights were taken in the sea.

References

  1. ↑ "Ostrova Sivuch'i Kamni". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2004. p. 96. ISBN   978-1-57785-560-6 . Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, Aug. 28, 1855, Nantucket Historical Association; Favorite, of Fairhaven, July 19, 1860, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sep. 8, 1874, George Blunt White Library.
  4. ↑ Daily Alta California (Vol. 11, Nos. 332-335, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 1859).
  5. ↑ The Friend (Vol. 16, No. 11, November 1, 1859, p. 87)
  6. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN   1-55521-537-8.
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