Aldoma Bay Explained

Aldoma Bay (Russian: Zaliv Aldoma) is a small bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It is 8 km (5 mi) east to west and 14.5 km (9 mi) north to south. The Aldoma River flows into it from the west; to its east lies the Nurki Peninsula. It is considered the best anchorage in the northwestern part of the sea as it offers shelter from northeast winds.^{[1] [2]}

History

American and Russian whaleships hunted bowhead whales in the bay in the 1850s and 1860s.^{[3] [4]} They also anchored in the bay to get wood and water.^[3]

References

56.8°N 168°W

Notes and References

1. United States. (1918). Asiatic Pilot, Volume 1: East coast of Siberia, Sakhalin Island and Chosen. Washington: Hydrographic Office.
2. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
3. Phoenix, of Nantucket, June 25-28, 1858, Nantucket Historical Association.
4. Storfursten Constantin, of Helsinki, October 1860. In 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.