Zubchaty Island | |
Native Name: | Зубчатый |
Native Name Lang: | Russian language |
Coordinates: | 60.8°N 207°W |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Kamchatka Krai |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russian Federation |
Subdivision Type1: | Federal subject |
Subdivision Name1: | Kamchatka Krai |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tigilsky District |
Zubchaty (Russian: Зубчатый) is an uninhabited island in Shelikhov Gulf of the northeastern Sea of Okhotsk.[1] It lies on the eastern side of Penzhina Bay. It has a serrated summit.[2]
It is within the Tigilsky District of Kamchatka Krai, in the Russian Far East.
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1863 to 1889. They called it Crag Island.[3] [4]