Severo-Vostochnaya Gavan'
Severo-Vostochnaya Gavan' (English: Northeast Harbor) is a small bay on the north side of Uda Gulf, in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It lies 2.4 km (1.5 mi) west of Cape Nosorog.[1] It offers shelter from northeast gales.[2]
History
[edit]Severo-Vostochnaya Gavan' was frequented by American whaleships cruising for bowhead whales in the 1850s and 1860s. They obtained wood and water here and also sent out whaleboats on extended trips to the head of Uda Gulf or to Tugur Bay.[3] On 18 September 1864, the barque Mary (287 tons), of New Bedford, was wrecked in the bay during a gale. Her captain, Edwin P. Thompson, traveled to the Russian whaling station Mamga in Tugur Bay, where she was sold at auction for between $970 and $1,100 to Otto Wilhelm Lindholm. The second mate and four men guarded the wreck during the winter, and the following spring Lindholm salvaged what valuables he could before setting her afire to obtain the nails in her hull.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2004. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-57785-560-6. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ United States. (1918). Asiatic Pilot, Volume 1: East coast of Siberia, Sakhalin Island and Chosen. Washington: Hydrographic Office.
- ^ Cincinnati, of Stonington, Aug. 5-6, 1859, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Favorite, of Fairhaven, July 4-22, 1860, NWC; Cicero, of New Bedford, Sep. 11-16, 1863, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Java, of New Bedford, June 12, 1866, KWM.
- ^ Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
- ^ The Friend (Vol. 21, No. 12, 5 December 1864).
- ^ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
55°11′N 135°49′E / 55.183°N 135.817°E
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