Baydukov Island (Остров Байдуков; Ostrov Baydukov), formerly Langr Island or Bol'shoy Langr Island, is a coastal island in the southern end of the
Sea of Okhotsk. It is located southeast of
Chkalov Island, off
Schastya Bay, facing the northwestern tip of
Sakhalin.
Baydukov Island is 12 km long and has a maximum width of less than 3 km in its west-northwest end area.
This island is one of the few areas in Russia where the
murrelets (long-billed and marbled) are considered common.
Administratively this island belongs to the
Khabarovsk Krai of the
Russian Federation
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.
History
This island was named after Soviet pilot
Georgy Baydukov, co-pilot on the Antonov
ANT-25 plane that flew on July 20, 1936 from
Moscow
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through
Franz Joseph Land,
Severnaya Zemlya,
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and
Khabarovsk. The plane landed 56 hours and 20 minutes later in nearby
Udd Island after having covered 9,374 km.
Adjacent Islands
*Belyakov Island (Ostrov Belyakova) lies 11 km south of Baydukov Island's southern coast. It is 0.7 km long and about 500 m wide. This small island was named after Soviet lieutenant Alexander V. Belyakov, navigator of the record-breaking ANT-25 flight.
References
LocationPicture of Pilots Valery Chkalov, Georgy Baidukov and Alexander Belyakov sitting next to their plane on Udd IslandAnatoliy Kvochur's Su-30 Airplane Lands at ZhukovskiyRussian seabird data
External links
Amateur Radio Expedition to Baydukov Island R24RRC
Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk
Islands of the Russian Far East
Islands of Khabarovsk Krai
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