Reyneke Island (Sea of Okhotsk)

This article is about the island in the Sea of Okhotsk. For the island in the Sea of Japan, see Reyneke Island.
Reyneke Island
Остров Рейнеке
Island
Reyneke Island
Coordinates: RU 54°19′N 139°47′E / 54.317°N 139.783°E / 54.317; 139.783
Country Russian Federation
Federal subject Far Eastern Federal District
Krai Khabarovsk Krai
Elevation[1] 257 m (843 ft)

Reyneke Island (Russian: Остров Рейнеке; Ostrov Reyneke) is an island in the Sea of Okhotsk located southeast of the Shantar Islands.[2]

Geography

Reyneke Island lies lies 45 km to the southeast of Menshikov Island. It is 7 km long and has a maximum width of 1.6 km. It is a mountainous island located close to a headland of the continental shore,[3] separated from it by a 5 km wide sound. This island was named after Mikhail Reyneke, Vice Admiral and hydrographer.[4]

Administratively this island belongs to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.[5]

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