Baydukov_Island
Baydukov Island
Island in the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk
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.