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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]

Sivuch'i Rocks
Острова Сивучьи Камни

The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
Location in Khabarovsk Krai
Geography
Location	Sea of Okhotsk
Coordinates	54°49′N 136°17′E
Archipelago	Shantar Islands
Administration
Russia
Federal Subject	Khabarovsk Krai
Demographics
Population	0

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]

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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