Polonsky Island

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Polonsky Island (Russian: Полонского; Japanese: 多楽島 Taraku-to), or Polonskogo, is an unpopulated island in the Habomai Islands in the southern part of the Lesser Kuril Islands which administratively belongs to Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, in Russia. However, the Habomai Islands, together with Iturup, Kunashir and Shikotan, are claimed by Japan. The island got its name from the Russian explorer and geographer {{ill|Aleksandr Polonsky|ru|Полонский, Александр Семёнович|lt=Aleksandr Semyonovich Polonsky}}.

Geography

The island has an area of 12 km², is flat, with a maximum height of {{convert|16|m|ft}}; it is green and marshy. Its waters are rich in fish, particularly some species of salmon, cod and crabs and it is part of the territory of the Kurils Nature Reserve.{{cite web|url=https://zapoved.ru/catalog/59/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216002400/http://www.zapoved.ru/catalog/59 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |title=Курильский государственный природный заповедник |trans-title=Kuril State Nature Reserve |work=zapoved.ru |access-date=19 August 2019}}

Polonsky Island is separated from Shikotan by the Spanberg Strait, to the southeast are the Oskolki islets. The island is separated from Zelyony Island, {{convert|11|km|mi}} southwest,{{cite web|url=http://nkr.2084.ru/kar.files/Kurils_37_37a.jpg |title=Detailed map of the Habomai Islands(JPG) |work=nkr.2084.ru |access-date=20 August 2019}} by the Polonskogo Strait.

References

Category:Islands of the Kuril Islands