Rikord Island
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Rikord Island is an island in Peter the Great Gulf
Peter the Great Gulf
The Peter the Great Gulf is the largest gulf of the Sea of Japan adjoining the coast of Russia's Primorski Krai...

 located 30 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog
Zolotoy Rog
Zolotoy Rog Bay is a sheltered horn-shaped bay separated from the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan by Shkota Peninsula on the north-west, Cape Goldobina on the east-north-east, and Cape Tigrovy on the west. The bay is seven kilometers long, with a width of about two kilometers and a depth...

 and 4 km to the south of Reyneke Island
Reyneke Island
Reyneke Island is an island in Peter the Great Gulf in 25 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog. It is a part of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago....

. It was named after admiral Pyotr Rikord.

With an area of nearly 5 km², it is the largest uninhabited island of Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...

. Administratively the island is under Vladivostok's
Vladivostok
The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...

 jurisdiction.

The highest point is 178 m above sea level. The island is a part of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago
Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago
Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago is a group of islands, islets and kekurs in the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan to south of Vladivostok and north-east of Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago....

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