Severnyy Strait (Russian: Severnyy Proliv or "Northern Strait") is a strait in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It separates two of the Shantar Islands: Feklistova Island to the west and Bolshoy Shantar Island to the east.
History
editAmerican whaleships targeting bowhead whales visited Severnyy Strait from the 1850s to the 1880s.[1][2] They called it Feklistoff[3] or Big Shantar Passage.[4] Ships sailed through the strait on their way to[5] and from[6] Lebyazhya Bay or on their way to Tugur Bay.[7] Ships also anchored in the strait[8] and ships and boats cruised for whales in it as well.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ Florida, of Fairhaven, September 21-22, 1853, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
- ^ E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, August 28, 1889, George Blunt White Library (GBWL).
- ^ William C. Nye, of San Francisco, October 1, 1862, Bancroft Library.
- ^ Onward, of New Bedford, September 15, 1864, GBWL.
- ^ Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, September 23, 1874, GBWL.
- ^ Bart Gosnold, of New Bedford, September 22, 1863, GBWL.
- ^ Endeavor, of New Bedford, July 19, 1858, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC).
- ^ Walter Scott, of Edgartown, August 3, 1854, Martha's Vineyard Museum.
- ^ Josephine, of New Bedford, August 26, September 5-6, 1861, Kendall Whaling Museum.
- ^ Favorite, of Fairhaven, August 29, 1860, NWC.
55°00′N 137°15′E / 55.000°N 137.250°E
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