Arius Kamen (Sivuchy) [1] is an uninhabited island of the Commander archipelago . Administratively part of the Aleutian district of the Kamchatka Territory .
| Arius Kamen | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 0.08 kmΒ² |
| Highest point | 49.8 m |
| Population | 0 people |
| Location | |
| Water area | Bering Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Kamchatka Krai |
| Area | Aleutian district |
The fourth largest island of the Commander archipelago .
Located at a distance of 6.3 km west of Bering Island . It is a rock with a height of 49.8 m [2] and a circle of about 1 km. Arius Kamen is deprived of fresh water.
To the south of the island, Arius Kamen is a nameless flat islet with a height of 2 m.
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Historical Information
Named in 1824, O. E. Kotzebue Island New . After 3 years, the island was visited by F. P. Litke and named it Sivuchiy . In 1848, the island receives the name Arius - by the multitude of birds nesting here, al. Since 1883 it has been marked on the maps as Arius Stone [3] .
Nature Conservancy
The island of Arius Kamen is a haven for numerous birds (17 protected species), sea lions, antura seals, larghas, northern fur seals and sea otters. Since 1983, the island has the status of a specially protected natural area and is part of the Commander State Natural Biosphere Reserve [4] .
Literature
- Mochalova OA, Yakubov V.V. Flora of the Commander Islands. - Vladivostok: Biology and Soil Institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004. - 120 p.
Notes
- β Ariy Kamen ( β 0261000 ) / The register of names of geographical objects in the territory of the Kamchatka Territory as of November 30, 2016 // The State Catalog of Geographical Names. rosreestr.ru.
- β Map sheet N-58-32 Nikolskoe . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the area in 1986. 1988 edition
- Π’Ρ Leontyev V. V. , Novikova K. A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; Far East Academy of Sciences of the USSR . North-East. complex. SRI. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince publishing house , 1989. - p. 73. - 456 p. - 15 000 copies - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .
- β Island Ariy Kamen on the site of the protected areas of Russia