Kusova Island is a small island of the Shantar archipelago , located 14 km east of the Big Shantar . The island is 4.5 km long and 2.5 km wide [1] . It was discovered in 1829 by the Russian hydrograph P. T. Kozmin and named after the director of the Russian-American company N. I. Kusov . [2] The highest point is 651.8 m [3] .
| Kusova Island | |
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| Specifications | |
| Highest point | 651.8 m |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Shantar Islands |
| Water area | Sea of Okhotsk |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Khabarovsk region |
Included in the State Nature Reserve of federal significance "Shantar Islands." [4] In 2013, the Russian Government established the Shantar Islands National Park [5] , which included the island of Kusova.
Notes
- ↑ Data obtained using the Yandex.Maps mapping service.
- ↑ A.I. Alekseev . Okhotsk is the cradle of the Russian Pacific Fleet . - Khabarovsk book publishing house, 1958.
- ↑ Map sheet N-54-37 Kusova Island . Scale: 1: 100,000. Status of the area in 1966. 1978 edition
- ↑ RESOLUTION of the Head of the Administration of the Khabarovsk Territory of June 23, 1999 N 249 "ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE NATURAL RESERVE OF THE FEDERAL VALUE" SHANTAR ISLANDS "IN THE TUGRO-CHUMIKAN DISTRICT OF THE KHABAROVSKY"
- ↑ Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2013 No. 1304 (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 4, 2014. Archived on September 4, 2014.