Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago (Russian

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: Архипелаг императрицы Евгении) is a group of island

Island

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s, islet

Islet

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s and kekurs in the Peter the Great Gulf

Peter the Great Gulf

The Peter the Great Gulf is the largest gulf of the Sea of Japan adjoining the coast of Russia's Primorski Krai...

, Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

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 to south of Vladivostok

Vladivostok

The city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...

 and north-east of Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago

Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago

Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago is a group of six small islands and few kekurs in Peter the Great Gulf of Sea of Japan under administration of Khasansky District. Islands are located approximately to southwest of Vladivostok....

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The islands were named after Eugénie de Montijo

Eugénie de Montijo

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales; 5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo , was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of...

, the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French by French

France

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 sailor in 1850s. This name in Soviet period was not used. Again it uses after 1994.

The archipelago

Archipelago

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 consists of five large islands - (Russky

Russky Island

Russky Island is a Russian island off Vladivostok, in the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan. It is located about 9,334 kilometres east of Moscow. The Eastern Bosphorus separates the island from the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula....

, Popov, Rikord

Rikord Island

Rikord Island is an island in Peter the Great Gulf located 30 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog and 4 km to the south of Reyneke Island. It was named after admiral Pyotr Rikord....

, Reyneke

Reyneke Island

Reyneke Island is an island in Peter the Great Gulf in 25 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog. It is a part of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago....

 and Shkot

Shkot Island

Shkot Island is a one of five big islands of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago under Vladivostok administration....

) - and a lot of small islands - (Yelena and Ushi

Ushi Island

Ushi is a small uninhabited island in Amur Bay. It is a part of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago under Vladivostok administration....

) among them - islets and rock

Rock (geology)

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s. The its highest point is Russkikh Mount (291 m) on Russky Island.

The population of the archipelago is 6,810 (2005). Three of four inhabited islands of Primorsky Krai are in this archipelago. Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago is under administration of Vladivostok.