Zavyalov Island

It is located on the eastern side of Taui Bay, 20 km (12 mi) west of Cape Taran, Koni Peninsula, about 50 km (31 mi) south of the city of Magadan.

[1] Administratively Zavyalov Island belongs to the Magadan Oblast of the Russian Federation.

Zavyalov Island was frequented by American whaleships cruising for bowhead whales between 1849 and 1885.

[2] Whaleboats spent the night camping on the island to search for whales the following morning.

[3] They also obtained wood[4] from the island and caught fish offshore.