Ptichy Island (Shantar Islands)

Ptichy Island (Russian: Ostrov Ptichy, meaning “Bird Island”) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk. It is one of the Shantar Islands. It lies between Bolshoy Shantar and the mainland.

History

Between 1857 and 1866, American whaleships hunted bowhead whales in the waters around Ptichiy.[1] They called it Stinker Island, “on account of the dead whales drifting along there from the ice”.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, Aug. 18, 1857, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 18, 1859, NWC; Cicero, of New Bedford, July 26, 1862, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Josephine, of New Bedford, Sept. 25, 1864, Aug. 28, 1865, KWM; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sept. 4, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
  2. ↑ Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, p. 79.

Coordinates: 54°35′59″N 137°04′47″E / 54.59972°N 137.07972°E / 54.59972; 137.07972

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