Shelikan

Shelikan, also Ostrovok Shelikan, is a coastal islet in the Sea of Okhotsk near Magadan. It lies on the south side of Amakhton Bay.[2]

Shelikan
Shelikan
Coordinates: 59°35′N 149°08′E
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectFar Eastern Federal District
OblastMagadan Oblast
Elevation122 m (400 ft)

Geography

Shelikan is located on the west side of Taui Bay and is separated from the continental shore by a 2.5 km wide sound. It is 122 m (400 ft) in height and is surrounded by shallow water.[3]

Administratively this island is part of the Magadan Oblast.[4]

Fauna

In the spring and summer one of the largest known colonies of slaty-backed gull in the Russian Far East is found on the island.[5]

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References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  3. United States. Naval Oceanographic Office (1952). Sailing directions for the east coast of Siberia, Mys Otto Shmidta to Sakhalinskiy Zaliv including Ostrov Vrangelya. p. 246. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. Ostrovok Shelikan (Ostrov Shelikan) / Magadanskaya Oblast'
  5. Kondratyev, A. Y., Litvinenko, N. M., Shibaev, Y. V., Vyatkin, P. S., & Kondratyeva, L. F. (2000). "The breeding seabirds of the Russian Far East". Seabirds of the Russian Far East, 37-81.
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