Konus | |
Native Name: | Конус |
Native Name Lang: | Russian language |
Coordinates: | 60.5444°N 162.1542°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 258 |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Kamchatka Krai |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russian Federation |
Subdivision Type1: | Federal subject |
Subdivision Name1: | Far Eastern Federal District |
Subdivision Type2: | Krai |
Subdivision Name2: | Kamchatka Krai |
Konus Island is an island in Shelikhov Bay, Sea of Okhotsk.[2]
Konus Island is 1.3 km long and 0.7 km wide. It is located off the eastern coast of Penzhina Bay, separated from the continental shore by a 3 km-wide sound. Administratively, it belongs to the Kamchatka Krai.[3] Ivyinichaman Island (Ивиньичаман) is located 7 km to the southwest.
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1860 to 1889. They called it Shag Rock.[4] [5] [6] Ships also anchored off the island to get coal[7] [8] and to trade with the natives for deer, fish, and berries.[9]