Chastye Islands

Chastye Is.
Острова Частые
Island group
Chastye Is. is located in Khabarovsk Krai
Chastye Is.
Chastye Is.
Coordinates: 52°30′N 141°21′E / 52.500°N 141.350°E / 52.500; 141.350
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectKhabarovsk Krai

The Chastye Islands (Russian: Острова Частые; Ostrova Chastye) is an island group in the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk. It is located in Tatar Strait, between the mainland shore and the western coast of Sakhalin.[1] Although there are some settlements on the adjacent coast, the Chastye Islands are uninhabited.

Administratively the Chastye Islands belong to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.

Islands

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Ecology

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These small islands are a home for a great variety of seabirds.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Location
  2. ^ Geographical data[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ (in Russian)Chastye Islands list
  4. ^ Tiunov, I. M. (2006). "Sea and colonial-nesting birds of islands in the southern part of Amurskii Liman". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 32 (5): 297–298. Bibcode:2006RuJMB..32..297T. doi:10.1134/S1063074006050051. S2CID 37761849.
  5. ^ Russian seabird data
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