Reyneke Island is an island in 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...

 in 25 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog

Zolotoy Rog

Zolotoy Rog Bay is a sheltered horn-shaped bay separated from the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan by Shkota Peninsula on the north-west, Cape Goldobina on the east-north-east, and Cape Tigrovy on the west. The bay is seven kilometers long, with a width of about two kilometers and a depth...

. It is a part of Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago

Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago

Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago is a group of islands, islets and kekurs in the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan to south of Vladivostok and north-east of Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago....

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Area is 4,6 km². Population: 23 (2005) in the only settlement. It is the smallest both by area and population of four inhabited islands of Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...

 after 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....

, Putyatin

Putyatin Island

Putyatin Island is an island in Strelok Bay , near 50 km east of Vladivostok and 35 km west of Nakhodka. It named after admiral Yevfimy Putyatin. An island is under Fokino city administration....

 and Popov Islands. Administratively the island is under 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...

's jurisdiction.

A west part of island more deciduous

Temperate deciduous forest

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 forest

Forest

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ly (oak

Quercus mongolica

Quercus mongolica, commonly known as Mongolian Oak, is a species of oak native to Japan, southern Kuriles, Sakhalin, Manchuria, Korea, eastern Mongolia, and eastern Siberia. The species can grow to be 30 m tall....

, acer

Acer mandshuricum

Acer mandshuricum , is a species of maple native to China , Korea and Russia ....

 and tilia

Tilia

Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...

), and a east part more meadow

Meadow

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y. Pinales

Pinales

The Order Pinales in the Division Pinophyta, Class Pinopsida comprises all the extant conifers. This order was formerly known as the Coniferales....

 are rarely on the island, except for pinus koraiensis. There are one islet

Islet

An islet is a very small island.- Types :As suggested by its origin as islette, an Old French diminutive of "isle", use of the term implies small size, but little attention is given to drawing an upper limit on its applicability....

 and many kekurs near island.

Reyneke Island is a summer recreation

Recreation

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 for Primorye peoples. Beaches are pebbly and sandy. A ferry connected island and mainland Vladivostok three times a week in a warm season. The main branches of economy of island are fish-processing and tourism.

It was named after Mikhail Reyneke

Mikhail Reyneke

Mikhail Reyneke was a Russian vice admiral and hydrographer.A small island in Peter the Great Gulf was named after him.-Note:...

, Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral

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and hydrographer.