Polonsky Island
Small Kuril Ridge, Pacific Ocean, Russia.
Description:
Polonsky Island is an island of the Small Range of the Kuril Islands. It is part of the Kuril city district of Russia, Sakhalin region. It is claimed by Japan, assigning the island to the Habomai Islands and including it in its district of Namuro.
The name of the island appeared thanks to A. S. Polonsky, a Russian historian of geographical discoveries in the Pacific Ocean.
The area of the territory is 12 square kilometers, the maximum height is 16 meters above sea level. The surface is low, flat, covered with grassy vegetation and swampy.
In the adjacent waters there are valuable biological resources: cod, sea kale, salmon species of fish and crabs.
The Spanberg Strait separates Polonsky Island from Shikotan Island, which is located 22 kilometers northeast, Polonsky Strait from Green Island, which is located 11 kilometers southwest, and the South Kuril Strait from Kunashir Island, located 52 kilometers northwest. The islands are located about 6 kilometers to the southeast.
The island of Polonsky is uninhabited, there is a non-residential settlement with the same name. The territory of the island is included in the state natural reserve of federal significance "Small Kurils".