The Sivuch'i Rocks (, Ostrova Sivuch'i Kamni) are a group of barren islets and rocks on the eastern side of Uda Bay, in the western Sea of Okhotsk.
Geography They lie just north of Medvezhy Island. The largest are two islets, lying northwest and southeast from each other, the former high and the latter high. A high pillar rock lies just to the southwest of the latter of the two islets. Reefs fringe the group.
History American whaleships and boat crews cruised for bowhead whales around the rocks between 1855 and 1874. They called them the Sugar Loaf or Pinnacle Rocks.Lexington, of Nantucket, Aug. 28, 1855, Nantucket Historical Association; Favorite, of Fairhaven, July 19, 1860, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sep. 8, 1874, George Blunt White Library. On the night of 11 October 1858, the bark Ocean Wave (380 tons), under Captain Hiram Baker, of New Bedford, was wrecked on one of the rocks during a gale. All hands were lost.Daily Alta California (Vol. 11, Nos. 332-335, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 1859).The Friend (Vol. 16, No. 11, November 1, 1859, p. 87)
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