The Gorlo (
Russian: Горло), the narrowest part of
Penzhina Bay
Penzhina Bay (russian: Пе́нжинская губа́, ''Penzhinskaya guba'') is a long and narrow bay off the northwestern coast of Kamchatka, Russia.
Geography
Penzhina Bay is the upper right arm of Shelikhov Bay in the northeastern corner o ...
, separates it into two parts. Its northwestern and northeastern points are
Capes Opasnyy and Mamet and its southwestern and southeastern points are Capes Yelistratova (61° 31' N, 163° 02' E) and Vodopadnyy (61° 25' N, 163° 46' E), respectively. Tidal currents in The Gorlo reach 4.7 to 5 knots.
[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). ''Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia''. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.]
Administratively The Gorlo belongs to the
Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...
of the
Russian Federation.
History
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
whaleships hunted
bowhead whale
The bowhead whale (''Balaena mysticetus'') is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and the only living representative of the genus ''Balaena''. They are the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and subarctic waters, ...
s in The Gorlo from 1860 to 1889. They called it the Narrows. Ships drifted through The Gorlo on fair
tides and anchored during head tides. They also traded with the native
Koryaks for salmon trout.
[''Emma F. Herriman'', of San Francisco, July 4, 1889, GBWL #761.]
References
Bodies of water of the Kamchatka Peninsula
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