Shkot Island
Encyclopedia
Shkot Island is a one of five big island
s of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago
under Vladivostok
administration.
The area of the island is 2.6 km². Its highest point is 146 m above the sea level. The island is uninhabited.
The island
was named after Nikolay Shkot
.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s 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....
under Vladivostok
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...
administration.
The area of the island is 2.6 km². Its highest point is 146 m above the sea level. The island is uninhabited.
The island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
was named after Nikolay Shkot
Nikolay Shkot
Nikolay Yakovlevich Shkot , was a war veteran of Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. He was badly wounded in the battle.After the War he commanded corvette America and troopship Yaponets on Far East. The expedition made geographic discoveries at a coast of modern Primorsky Krai and Sakhalin...
.