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Insulae Praefectoriae,[1][2] seu Komandorenses[3] (Russice Командорские острова, tr. Komandorskie ostrova), archipelagus in parte meridiano-occidentali maris Beringiani est, nunc in territorium Camtschaticum Foederationis Russicae inclusus. Nomen suum accepit in honorem praefecti expeditionis Russicae, quae hunc archipelagum anno 1741 invenit, – Viti Beringii, qui fuit classis Imperii Russici capitaneus-praefector (Russice капитан-командор, tr. kapitan-komandor, i.e. dux navalis ordinis supra capitaneum gradus primi, sed infra vicarium navarchi).
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