Utichy Island
Utichy Island (Russian: Ostrov Utichy) is a small island in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It is one of the Shantar Islands. It lies southwest of the southwest point of Bolshoy Shantar Island and northeast of Ptichy Island.
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Utichy surrounded by sea ice.
Fauna
In the summer, a large colony of spectacled guillemot and a small nesting colony of thick-billed murre reside on the island.[1]
History
American whaleships targeting bowhead whales cruised off Utichy from the 1850s to the 1880s.[2][3] They called it Little Stinker Island.[4] Along with Ptichy, it was considered one of the Stinker Islands.[5][6][7]
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References
- 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.
- Endeavor, of New Bedford, August 23, 1859, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC).
- E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, September 15, 1889, Georg Blunt White Library (GBWL).
- Endeavor, of New Bedford, July 16, 1859, NWC.
- Charles W. Morgan, of New Bedford, September 5, 1866, GBWL.
- William C. Nye, of San Francisco, August 8, August 30, 1862, Bancroft Library.
- Bart Gosnold, of New Bedford, September 14, 1863, GBWL.
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