Luzhin Bay

Luzhin Bay (Russian: Бухта Лужина, Bukhta Luzhina) is a bay in Magadan Oblast, Russian Federation. It is named after Russian cartographer Fyodor Luzhin.

Luzhin Bay
Horseshoe Bay
Luzhin Bay
Location in Magadan Oblast
LocationRussian Far East
Coordinates59°16′N 147°38′E
Native nameБухта Лужина
Ocean/sea sourcesSea of Okhotsk
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length5 km (3.1 mi)
Max. width10 km (6.2 mi)
Average depth9 m (30 ft)
References[1]

Geography

Luzhin Bay is a small, circular bay with high, rocky shores.[1] It lies on the northern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk and is separated from the larger Shelting Bay to the east by the Onara Peninsula.[2] It is entered between Capes Moskvitin to the east and Izmaylov to the west. It has not been surveyed.[3]

History

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales in the bay in the 1850s and 1860s. They called it Horseshoe Bay.[4][5] They also anchored in the bay to get wood and water.[6] In 1860, the barque Alice Frazier (406 tons), of New Bedford, attempted to winter in the bay but ice in December parted her chain and then drove her out to sea, forcing the men to winter with the Russians.[7][8][9]

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Bukhta Luzhina". Mapcarta. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  4. Three Brothers, of Nantucket, August 31, 1852, September 11, 1853, Nantucket Historical Association.
  5. Pacific, of Fairhaven, July 29-30, 1856, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, October 1-2, 1866, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
  6. Charles W. Morgan, of New Bedford, August 9-10, 1866, George Blunt White Library.
  7. Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
  8. Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
  9. The Friend, Honolulu, November 18, 1861, Vol. 18, No 11, p. 84.


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