Commander Islands (Russia)

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Name (Hebrew)
איי קומנדר (רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Commander Islands (Russia)
Other forms of name
nne Commander Islands (R.S.F.S.R.)
Komandorski Islands (Russia)
Komandorskie ostrova (Russia)
Komandorskiye ostrova (Russia)
Kommander Islands (Russia)
Coordinates
166.4 166.4 55 55 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q208268
Library of congress: sh 85028878
Sources of Information
  • LC database, Oct. 10, 2003(old catalog hdg.: Kommander Islands)
  • Google search, Oct. 10, 2003(Kommander Islands; Commander Islands)

Wikipedia description:

The Commander Islands, Komandorski Islands, or Komandorskie Islands (Russian: Командо́рские острова́, Komandorskiye ostrova) are a series of islands in the Russian Far East, a part of the Aleutian Islands, located about 175 km (109 mi) east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea. Treeless and sparsely populated, the islands consist of Bering Island, 95 by 15 km (59 by 9 mi); Medny Island, 55 by 5 km (34 by 3 mi); and fifteen islets and rocks. The largest of the latter are Tufted Puffin Rock (Kamen Toporkov or Ostrov Toporkov), 15 ha (37 acres), and Kamen Ariy, which are between 3 and 13 km (2 and 8 mi) west of the only settlement, Nikolskoye. Administratively, the Commanders compose the Aleutsky District of the Kamchatka Krai in Russia. In 2005, the Comandorsky State Nature Reserve was nominated for the List of World Heritage Sites in Russia of UNESCO.

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