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Zubchaty Island Зубчатый
Island
Zubchaty Island
Coordinates: 60°48′N 162°45′E / 60.800°N 162.750°E / 60.800; 162.750
Country	Russian Federation
Federal subject	Kamchatka Krai
District	Tigilsky District

Zubchaty (Russian: Зубчатый) is an uninhabited island in Shelikhov Gulf of the northeastern Sea of Okhotsk. It lies on the eastern side of Penzhina Bay. It has a serrated summit.

It is within the Tigilsky District of Kamchatka Krai, in the Russian Far East.

History

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the island from 1863 to 1889. They called it Crag Island.

See also

• Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
• Islands of the Russian Far East

References

1. Oceanology. American Geophysical Union. 1968. p. 227. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
2. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
3. Milton, of New Bedford, July 13, 1863, July 25, 1863, East Hampton Library.
4. E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, June 18, 1889, George Blunt White Library #761.

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