Aniva Bay (
Russian: Залив Анива (''Zaliv Aniva''),
Japanese: 亜庭湾, Aniwa Bay, or Aniva Gulf) is located at the southern end of
Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
,
Russia, north of the island of
Hokkaidō
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The largest city on the bay is
Korsakov.
Ecology
The bay has received news coverage because the
Sakhalin-II led energy consortium has been accused of significant environmental violations
and dumping dredging in the bay. This received attention from environmental groups, namely Sakhalin Environment Watch, and the harm the dredging is doing to the native wildlife. Significant fish and crab kills have occurred,
and salmon in the bay have been affected.
File:RIAN archive 400844 Large-scale Russian-Japanese exercise in Sakhalin to prevent criminal activity at sea.jpg, A coast guard patrol vessel and border guard aircraft of the Russian Federal Security Service took part in the Russian-Japanese exercise in Aniva Bay to practice halting criminal activity at sea, ship and people rescue operations.
References
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Bays of Sakhalin Oblast
Bays of the Sea of Okhotsk
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