Reineke Island (Sea of Okhotsk)
| Reineke Island | ||
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| Waters | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ N , 139 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 3.5 km | |
| width | 2.2 km | |
| surface | 6 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Reineke Island ( Russian Остров Рейнеке ) is a Russian island in the west of the Sea of Okhotsk . The island is about 6 km² and uninhabited. It lies around 4.6 kilometers from the Siberian mainland.
The island was discovered in 1847. It was named after Michael Franzewitsch Reineke (1801-1859), a Baltic German Vice Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and a hydrograph in Russian service. An island of the same name in the Sea of Japan was named after him.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archives for Scientific News from Russia, Volume 12 (1853): google preview , accessed on November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Michael Franzewitsch Reineke (1801–1859) biography (Russian), accessed on November 2, 2015.