Belichy Island

Belichy
Belichy; Остров Беличий
	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
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: Остров Беличий, Ostrov Belichy, 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]

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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.

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[mapcarta-1] "Ostrov Belichy". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[chinci-2] "Ostrov Belichy". chinci.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[myfishmaps-3] "Ostrov Belichy". myfishmaps.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[4] 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.