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Shelting Bay (Russian: Zaliv Shel'tinga) is a wide bay on the northern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. It lies just west of Taui Bay. It is entered between Capes Moskvitin and Dal'ny and is about 32 km (about 20 mi) wide. Its shores are primarily high and rocky, with the exception of a sandy beach at its northwest end. Sheltered anchorages from southerly winds may be obtained in the northwestern and eastern parts of the bay.[1]
History
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales in the bay in the 1850s and 1860s. They called it Isaac Howland or Three Brothers Bay,[2] the former named after a New Bedford ship and the latter after a Nantucket ship[3] that frequented the area at the time.[4]
References
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
- Pacific, of Fairhaven, Aug. 31-Sep. 2, 1855, July 14-15, 25-27, 1856, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Charles W. Morgan, of New Bedford, Aug. 6-7, 1866, George Blunt White Library.
- Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
- Three Brothers, of Nantucket, July 12-October 2, 1852, July 8-September 13, 1853, three bays on north-central coast of Sea of Okhotsk west of Taui Bay, Nantucket Historical Association.
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- [en] Shelting Bay
[ru] Залив Шельтинга
Залив Шельтинга — залив на севере Охотского моря между полуостровом Хмитевского с востока и полуостровом Онара с запада. Вдаётся в материк между мысом Москвитина и мысом Дальним[1].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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