Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha

Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha
Мыс Большой Дуганджа
Eagle Point
Map showing the location of Cape Bol'shoy DugandzhaМыс Большой Дуганджа
Location Khabarovsk Krai,
 Russia
Coordinates 54°38′N 136°50′E / 54.633°N 136.833°E / 54.633; 136.833Coordinates: 54°38′N 136°50′E / 54.633°N 136.833°E / 54.633; 136.833
Offshore water bodies Sea of Okhotsk
Area Russian Far East

Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha (Russian: Мыс Большой Дуганджа, Mys Bol'shoy Dugandzha, "Big Dugandzha Cape") is a headland in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Geography

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

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the cape between 1855 and 1885. 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

  1. ↑ "Mys Bol'shoy Dugandzha". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Carolina, of New Bedford, Aug. 10, Sep. 6, 1858, ODHS.
  5. ↑ Nimrod, of New Bedford, Aug. 26, 1859, ODHS; Cicero, of New Bedford, Sep. 6, 1861, KWM.
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