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Feklistova or Feklistov Island (Остров Феклистова; Ostrov Feklistova) is one of the Shantar Islands in Sea of Okhotsk. With an area of 372 square kilometres (144 square miles), it is the second largest in the archipelago.[1]

Feklistova
Остров Феклистова
Island
Map of the Shantar Islands.
Feklistova
Coordinates: 55°0′N 136°57′E
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectFar Eastern Federal District
KraiKhabarovsk Krai
Area
 • Total372 km2 (144 sq mi)
Elevation
415 m (1,362 ft)

Geography


Feklistova is 24 kilometres (15 miles) west to east and 19.3 km (12 mi) north to south.[2] It lies about 20 kilometres (12+1⁄2 miles) west of Bolshoy Shantar Island, the main island in the group. Feklistov Island is covered with taiga forest and has a 3-kilometre-long (2-mile) lake on its northern shore separated from the sea by a spit of land.[3]

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

This island is part of the "Kondyor-Feklistov metallogenic belt" (KD) owing to the presence of placers [4] which include minerals like "blacksand platinum".[5] The "Kondyor-Feklistov metallogenic belt" is one of the major metallogenic belts of Northeast Asia. It is assumed that it formed by an oblique subduction of the oceanic crust of the Mongol-Okhotsk paleoocean under the southern margin of the Siberian continent.


History


Between 1852 and 1889, American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off Feklistova Island.[6][7] They also anchored in Lebyazhya Bay on the south side of the island to stow down[8] or boil oil,[9] flense whales,[10] and obtain wood and water[11] or shelter from storms.[12] They referred to the anchorage itself as Feklistova Harbor.[13] As many as forty-two ships could be anchored in Lebyazhya Bay at one time.[14]


References


  1. Russia Guide - Location
  2. United States. (1918). Asiatic Pilot, Volume 1: East coast of Siberia, Sakhalin Island and Chosen. Washington: Hydrographic Office.
  3. GoogleEarth
  4. Placer on Feklistov Island
  5. "Platinum". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  6. Arctic, of Fairhaven, Sep. 20, 1852. In Gelett, C. W. (1917). A life on the ocean: Autobiography of Captain Charles Wetherby Gelett. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd.
  7. Arnolda, of New Bedford, Sep. 24-26, Oct. 4-6, 14-17, 1874, Old Dartmouth Historical Society; Mary and Helen II, of San Francisco, Aug. 10-12, Aug. 18-23, 1885, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, August 28–31, 1889, GBWL #761.
  8. Daniel Wood, of New Bedford, Sep. 23, 1857, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC).
  9. Harrison, of New Bedford, Sep. 4–6, 1853, NWC.
  10. William Wirt, of New Bedford, July 27, 1855, NWC.
  11. Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, Aug. 14–19, 1859, NWC.
  12. Josephine, of New Bedford, Sep. 23-25, 1861, KWM.
  13. Louisa, of New Bedford, Sep. 11-14, 1858, NWC.
  14. Nimrod, of New Bedford, Sep. 19, 1859, KWM.



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- [en] Feklistova Island

[fr] Île Feklistova

L'île Feklistova (en russe : Остров Феклистова ; Ostrov Feklistova) est l'une des quinze îles de l'archipel des îles Chantar, situées dans la partie occidentale de la mer d'Okhotsk, près de la Russie continentale. L'île dépend administrativement du kraï de Khabarovsk.

[it] Isola di Feklistov

L'isola di Feklistov (in russo Остров Феклистова, ostrova Felikstova) è un'isola della Russia nel mare di Okhotsk che fa parte dell'arcipelago delle isole Šantar. Amministrativamente appartiene al kraj di Chabarovsk del Circondario federale dell'Estremo Oriente.

[ru] Остров Феклистова

Остров Феклистова — второй по величине остров Шантарского архипелага. Расположен западнее Большого Шантара и отделён от него Северным проливом.[1] Площадь острова составляет 372 км².[2] Протяжённость острова — около 40 км[3], наивысшая точка — 485 м (г. Поворотная). Большая часть острова покрыта тайгой. В северной части острова находится озеро Лисье, в которое впадает одноимённая река. В южный берег острова вдаётся Губа Лебяжья с бухтами Россета, Соболева и рейдом Энегельма.[4]


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