Maly Shantar Island

Maly Shantar Остров Малый Шантар
Island
Map of the Shantar Islands. Maly Shantar is the small, elongated island just south of Bolshoy Shantar (on the left)
Maly Shantar
Coordinates: 54°28′11″N 137°36′32″E
Country	Russian Federation
Federal subject	Far Eastern Federal District
Krai	Khabarovsk Krai
Elevation	224 m (735 ft)

Maly Shantar Island (Russian: Остров Малый Шантар Ostrov Maly Shantar) is a small, narrow island in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk, one of the Shantar Islands.

Geography

Maly Shantar or Little Shantar Island is about 19 km (11.8 mi) long with a maximum width of 6 km (3.7 mi). It is separated from Bolshoy Shantar or Big Shantar Island to the north by Severo-Vostochnyy Strait, from Belichy Island to the east by Opasny Strait, and from the mainland to the south by Lindholm Strait. To its west lies the Shantar Sea.[1]

History

Between 1853 and 1889, American whaleships anchored off Malyy Shantar to obtain shelter from storms or send out whaleboats to hunt bowhead whales in nearby Proliv Lindgol'ma (which they called The Gut), Tugur Bay, or Ulban Bay.[2] Their main anchorage was Long's Harbor (Abrek Bay) to the southeast of the island.[3] They also went ashore to obtain wood.[4]

References

1. Ostrov Malyy Shantar: Russia
2. Fortune, of New Bedford, July 26–27, 1853, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Covington, of Warren, Oct. 3, 1854, NWC; Pacific, of Fairhaven, Sep. 30, 1856, NWC; Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, July 10–13, 1857, NWC; Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 9–10, 1859, NWC; Cicero, of New Bedford, July 30, 1862, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Josephine, of New Bedford, Aug. 5, 12, 1865, KWM; Arnolda, of New Bedford, Sep. 11-14, 1874, Old Dartmouth Historical Society (ODHS); E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, September 22-24, September 30-October 4, 1889, GBWL #761.
3. Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sep. 12-15, 1874, George Blunt White Library.
4. Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sep. 4-6, 1866, ODHS.