Americanwhaleships targeting
bowhead whales cruised off Utichy from the 1850s to the 1880s.[2][3] They called it Little Stinker Island.[4] Along with Ptichy, it was considered one of the Stinker Islands.[5][6][7]
On August 1, 1981, an
AeroflotIlyushin Il-14M, flying in poor visibility, crashed into the southwest side of Utichy, killing all 11 people on board.[8]
References
^Kondratyev, A. Y., Litvinenko, N. M., Shibaev, Y. V., Vyatkin, P. S., & Kondratyeva, L. F. (2000).
The breeding seabirds of the Russian Far East. Seabirds of the Russian Far East, 37-81.
^Endeavor, of
New Bedford, August 23, 1859, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC).
^E. F. Herriman, of
San Francisco, September 15, 1889, Georg Blunt White Library (GBWL).