Rovny Island Explained

Rovnyy
Native Name:	Ровный
Native Name Lang:	Russian language
Coordinates:	60.8583°N 163.2889°W
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Elevation M:	208
Pushpin Map:	Russia Kamchatka Krai
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Russian Federation
Subdivision Type1:	Federal subject
Subdivision Name1:	Far Eastern Federal District
Subdivision Type2:	Krai
Subdivision Name2:	Kamchatka Krai

Rovnyy Island or Arka Island^[2] is an island in Shelikhov Bay, Sea of Okhotsk.^[3]

Geography

Rovnyy Island is 2.2 km long and 1.4 km wide. It is located off the eastern coast of Penzhina Bay, separated from the continental shore by a 6.8 km wide sound.^[4] Administratively it belongs to the Kamchatka Krai.

History

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1860 to 1889. They called it Umbrella Island.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. [GoogleEarth]
2. http://www.getamap.net/maps/russia/koryakskiy_avtonomnyy_okrug/_arka_ostrov/ Ostrov Arka / Kamtchatski Kray
3. Book: Zoosystematica Rossica. 17 October 2012. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. 105.
4. http://mapcarta.com/16588894 Ostrov Rovnyy
5. Othello, of New Bedford, August 30, 1860, Peabody Essex Museum #751.
6. Onward, of New Bedford, July 12, 1864, George Blunt White Library (GBWL) #856.
7. E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, July 12, 1889, GBWL #761.