Ushki Bay (

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: ''Zaliv Ushki'') is a small bay in

Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District ...

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Geography

Ushki Bay is located on the northern coast of the

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 ...

. It lies to the east of the mountainous

Lisyansky Peninsula Lisyansky Peninsula (Russian: ''Poluostrov Lisyanskogo'') is a mountainous peninsula in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanni ...

. The bay is 24 km (15 mi) wide and lies between Cape Yelagin to the west and Cape Rzhavyy to the east – the latter is visible from a great distance on a clear day as its red color contrasts with the brown color of the coastline on either side of it.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). ''Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia''. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia. The depth of the northern part of the bay reaches .''Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 90

History

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s cruised for

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 bay in the 1840s and 1850s. They called it Shepherdess Bay, after a Mystic ship that frequented the area at the time.''Shepherdess'', of Mystic, spoken by ''Three Brothers'', of Nantucket, July 27, 1852, August 22, 1852, August 24, 1852, anchored in a large bay on the north-central coast of Sea of Okhotsk, Nantucket Historical Association.

References

Bays of the Sea of Okhotsk Bays of Khabarovsk Krai {{KhabarovskKrai-geo-stub