Aniva Bay (
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Залив Анива (''Zaliv Aniva''),
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
: 亜庭湾, Aniwa Bay, or Aniva Gulf) is located at the southern end of
Sakhalin Island,
Russia
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, north of the island of
Hokkaidō,
Japan. The largest city on the bay is
Korsakov.
Ecology
The bay has received news coverage because the
Sakhalin-II
The Sakhalin-2 (russian: Сахалин-2) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhot ...
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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