Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha Explained

Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha
Other Name:	Eagle Point
Type:	Cape
Map:	Russia Khabarovsk Krai
Relief:	yes
Location:	Khabarovsk Krai,
Coordinates:	54.6333°N 186°W

Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha (ru|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 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 Bay and Tugur Bay;^[4] they also anchored under it to obtain shelter from gales and strong winds.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mys Bol’shoy Dugandzha. Mapcarta. 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); E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, September 4 and 25, 1889, GBWL #761.
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.