Chastye Islands
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Administratively the Chastye Islands belong to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
Islands
- Pilamif Island (Остров Пиламиф) Script error: No such module "Coordinates". is the largest island of the Chastye group. It is 5 km long and about 2 km wide. Pilamif is surrounded by a number of smaller islands, the most important of which are:[2][3]
- Tyurmus Script error: No such module "Coordinates". and Metmus (or Khagemif) Script error: No such module "Coordinates". islands lie roughly 5 km north of Pilamif.
- Giamif Script error: No such module "Coordinates". lies about 7 km to the northwest of Pilamif.
- Bolshoy Veliamif (or Maltsevy) Script error: No such module "Coordinates". and Malyy Veliamif Script error: No such module "Coordinates". are located only about 2 km south of Pilamif.
- Bolshoy Choma, also known as Bolshoy Chome, (Остров Большой Чома) Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., and Maly Choma Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., are located closer to the coast, southwest of Pilamif.
- Chakmut Island Script error: No such module "Coordinates". is located off the group further south down the coast.
- Uyuzyut Script error: No such module "Coordinates". is totally detached from the group and lies about 40 km north of the main cluster of islands, very close to a coastal landhead.
Ecology
These small islands are a home for a great variety of seabirds.[4][5]
References
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- ↑ Location
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- ↑ Russian seabird data
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External links
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