Lazurnaya Bay

Lazurnaya Bay (russian: бухта Лазурная) is a bay on the east side of the

Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula The Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula (Russian: полуостров Муравьёва-Амурского) is a peninsula in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan. Vladivostok, the administrative center of Primo ...

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. It lies to the northeast of

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

and to the southwest from the

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. The Lazurnaya Bay forms part of the

Ussuri Bay Ussuri Bay (russian: Уссурийский залив) is a major bay within the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan. It is the largest bay in Peter the Great Gulf with a length of approximately , a width of between to , and an average dep ...

in the

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. The toponym was coined in the 1970s and translates from Russian as "the Azure Bay". The older, traditional name is Shamora (russian: Шамора) which supposedly translates from

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as "sandy desert". From the 1880s until 1973, it was officially called ''Feldhausen Bay'' (in honor of , the first

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of Vladivostok). The bay is known for its sandy beaches which attract scores of holiday-makers from

and other towns of the

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. Several rest homes and sanatoriums are scattered along the coastline. The hinterland is hilly and woody. The Shamora beach gave its name to a collection of old songs by the Vladivostok band ''

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''. Bays of Primorsky Krai Pacific Coast of Russia Beaches of Russia {{PrimorskyKrai-geo-stub