| Sivuch'i Rocks Острова Сивучьи Камни | |
| Map: | Russia Khabarovsk Krai |
| Label Position: | none |
| Location: | Sea of Okhotsk |
| Coordinates: | 54.8167°N 153°W |
| Archipelago: | Shantar Islands |
| Country: | Russia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Federal Subject |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Khabarovsk Krai |
| Population: | 0 |
The Sivuch'i Rocks (Russian: Острова Сивучьи Камни, Ostrova Sivuch'i Kamni) are a group of barren islets and rocks on the eastern side of Uda Gulf, in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[1]
They lie just north of Medvezhy Island. The largest are two islets, lying 4km (02miles) northwest and southeast from each other, the former 232m (761feet) high and the latter 171m (561feet) high. A 79m (259feet) high pillar rock lies just to the southwest of the latter of the two islets. Reefs fringe the group.[2]
American whaleships and boat crews cruised for bowhead whales around the rocks between 1855 and 1874. They called them the Sugar Loaf or Pinnacle Rocks.[3] On the night of 11 October 1858, the bark Ocean Wave (380 tons), under Captain Hiram Baker, of New Bedford, was wrecked on one of the rocks during a gale. All hands were lost.[4] [5] [6]