Jonas Island
| Jonas Island | ||
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| Waters | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 24 '35 " N , 143 ° 22' 22" E | |
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| surface | 8 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 150 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Jonas Island ( Russian остров Ионы , Ostrow Iony ), formerly Saint Jonas Island , is an uninhabited Russian island in the Sea of Okhotsk . It is isolated, almost 250 kilometers north of Sakhalin and 330 km south of Okhotsk .
The eight hectare and 150 m high island was discovered in 1789. Since mid-19th century American hunted here whalers about 20 years the bowhead whale . Since 1994 the island has been in a nature reserve of regional importance with high bio-productivity . It is inhabited by sea birds and Steller sea lions . BirdLife International has designated the island as an Important Bird Area (RU138) since 2004 .
The island is named after the Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Jonas (1448–1461).
Web links
Commons : Jonas Island - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ О памятнике природы краевого значения «Остров Ионы»
- ↑ Нерайский остров
- ↑ Jonas Island at www.birdlife.org (English), accessed on April 2, 2014