- Feklistova Island
Feklistova or Feklistov Island (Остров Феклистова; Ostrov Feklistova) is one of theShantar Islands inSea of Okhotsk . With an area of 372 km², it is the second largest in the archipelago.Feklistova lies about 20 km to the west of
Bolshoy Shantar Island , the main island in the group. Feklistov Island is covered with taiga forest and has a 3 km long lake in its northern shore separated from the sea by a landspit.Administratively this island belongs to the
Khabarovsk Krai of theRussian Federation .This island is part of the "Kondyor-Feklistov metallogenic belt" (KD) owing to the presence of placers [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/y331110373p2117u/ Placer on Feklistov Island] ] which include minerals like "blacksand
platinum ". [ [http://direct.bl.uk/research/2D/41/RN138357726.html Platinum] ] The "Kondyor-Feklistov metallogenic belt" is one of the major metallogenic belts of Northeast Asia. It is assumed that it formed by an oblique subduction of the oceanic crust of the Mongol-Okhotsk paleoocean under the southern margin of the Siberian continent.References
* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=rs&UF=-2906713&UN=-4069731&AF=T_F Satellite view for Ostrov Feklistova]
* [http://www.featurepics.com/PhotoReports/Shantari.aspx Pictures]
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