Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago

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Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago (Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., Template:Langx) is a group of six small islands and few kekurs (rocky islets) in Peter the Great Gulf of Sea of Japan under administration of Khasansky District. Islands are located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". to southwest of Vladivostok.

The archipelago is uninhabited and has area of approximately 6 square kilometres. The highest point is Script error: No such module "convert". (Stenin Island). The largest island is Bolshoy Pelis (4 km2).[1]

Islands were discovered for Europeans by French whalers in 1851 and named Iles pelée. Later the archipelago was named after commander of schooner Vostok Voin Rimsky-Korsakov.[2]

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