Gulf of Patience is a large body of water off the southeastern coast of
Sakhalin,
Russia.
Geography
The Gulf of Patience is located in the southern
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
, between the main body of Sakhalin Island in the west and
Cape Patience in the east. The
Poronay River
The Poronay (russian: Поронай, ja, 幌内川) is the longest river on the island of Sakhalin in Russia. It flows in a southerly direction through Tym, Smirnykhovsky and Poronaysky Districts.
Geography
The river begins on Mt. Nevel in th ...
flows into the bay from the north. The
Tyuleny Island lies off the eastern side of the bay to the south of Cape Patience.
History
The first Europeans visited the bay in 1643. They were the crew of the Dutch ship ''Castricum'', captained by
Maarten Gerritsz Vries.They named the gulf in memory of their having to wait for the fog to clear in order for them to continue with their expedition.
See also
*
Poronaysk
References
Patience
Bodies of water of Sakhalin Oblast
Patience
Bays of the Sea of Okhotsk
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