Ptichy Island (Shantar Islands)
The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
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 Ptichy Island (Russia)
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Sea of Okhotsk |
| Coordinates | 54°35′59″N 137°04′47″E / 54.59972°N 137.07972°E |
| Archipelago | Shantar Islands |
| Length | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Federal Subject | Khabarovsk Krai |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Ptichy Island (Russian: Oстров Птичий, Ostrov Ptichy, meaning Bird Island) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Ptichy Island is one of the Shantar Islands. It lies between the southwest point of Bolshoy Shantar and Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha on the mainland. It is a little over 1.6 km (1 mi) in length and rises to a height of 290 m (951 ft).
Between 1857 and 1866, American whaleships hunted bowhead whales in the waters around Ptichiy. They called it Stinker Island, "on account of the dead whales drifting along there from the ice".
In the summer there is a large colony of spectacled guillemots on the island, as well as a smaller nesting colony of thick-billed murres.
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