Ptichy Island | |
Native Name Lang: | Russian language |
Settlement Type: | Island |
Coordinates: | 57.1744°N 156.6036°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 53 |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Kamchatka Krai |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russian Federation |
Subdivision Type1: | Federal subject |
Subdivision Name1: | Far Eastern Federal District |
Subdivision Type2: | Krai |
Subdivision Name2: | Kamchatka Krai |
Ptichy Island (ru|Ostrov Ptichy, meaning 'Bird Island') is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk. It lies close to the mainland off the western coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
It is a 0.8 km long and 0.35 km wide coastal island. It is located off a headland in the northeastern Sea of Okhotsk, separated from the continental shore by a 7.6 km wide sound.
Administratively Ptichy Island belongs to the Kamchatka Krai.[2]