Rovnyy Island or Arka IslandOstrov Arka / Kamtchatski Kray is an island in Shelikhov Bay, Sea of Okhotsk.
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.Ostrov Rovnyy 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.Othello, of New Bedford, August 30, 1860, Peabody Essex Museum #751.Onward, of New Bedford, July 12, 1864, George Blunt White Library (GBWL) #856.E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, July 12, 1889, GBWL #761.
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