- Idlidlya Island
Idlidlya Island (Ostrov Idlidlya) is a small island in the
Chukchi Sea . It is close to the coast, being only 2 Km away from the shores of theChukotka Peninsula in the area of the coastal landspits enclosingNeskynpil'gyn Lagoon .This island is only 1 Km in length. There is a small Chukchi village in the coast close to the island called
Neshkan .The importance of this small island lies in the fact that many environmental observations, like monitoring of species, are taken from it. [http://www.wwf.ru/data/pub/species/wwf_pb_monitoring_chuk_e.pdf]
History
In October 2004 there was a severe oil spill and about 700 birds with oil-damaged plumage were found by hunters in the Chukotka shores. The environmental disaster affected the whole coast between the Neshkan peninsula and Idlidlya island.
References
* [http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=rs&UF=-2913762&UN=-4080163&AF=T_I Satellite picture]
* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm]
* [http://www.kommersant.com/p-2056/r_500/%D0%90_String_of_Environmental_Disasters_Shakes_the_Far_East/ Environmental problems]
* [http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-127.pdf Bowhead whales near Idlidlya]
* [http://www.mms.gov/alaska/ref/EIS%20EA/Chukchi_FEIS_193/Vol%20III%20Sec%2010%20WEB.pdf Environmental impact map (A. 1-3a)]
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