Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha (Russian: Мыс Большой Дуганджа, Mys Bol'shoy Dugandzha, "Big Dugandzha Cape") is a headland in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.
Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha
Мыс Большой Дуганджа (Russian) Eagle Point | |
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  Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha | |
| Coordinates: 54°38′N 136°50′E / 54.633°N 136.833°E | |
| Location | Khabarovsk Krai, Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | Sea of Okhotsk |
| Native name | Мыс Большой Дуганджа (Russian) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Russian Far East |
Geography edit
It is a steep-to cape lying in the western Sea of Okhotsk near the Shantar Islands, east of Cape Malaya Dugandzha ("Little Dugandzha Cape") and west of Ptichy Island.[1] It rises to a height of 250 m (820 ft) and forms the eastern point of Lyutsun Bay and the western point of Tugur Bay.[2]
History edit
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the cape between 1855 and 1889. They called it Eagle Point, because it was "inhabited only by eagles, which are very numerous".[3] They often passed between the cape and Ptichy Island when sailing to and from Uda Gulf and Tugur Bay;[4] they also anchored under it to obtain shelter from gales and strong winds.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Mys Bol'shoy Dugandzha". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
- ^ Lexington, of Nantucket, Aug. 2, 1855, Nantucket Historical Association; Arnolda, of New Bedford, Oct. 6, 1874, Old Dartmouth Historical Society (ODHS); Mary and Helen II, of San Francisco, Aug. 16-17, 1885, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, September 4 and 25, 1889, GBWL #761.
- ^ Carolina, of New Bedford, Aug. 10, Sep. 6, 1858, ODHS.
- ^ Nimrod, of New Bedford, Aug. 26, 1859, ODHS; Cicero, of New Bedford, Sep. 6, 1861, KWM.
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