Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha

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

Cape Bol'shoy Dugandzha
Мыс Большой Дуганджа
Eagle Point
LocationKhabarovsk Krai,
 Russia
Coordinates54°38′N 136°50′E
Offshore water bodiesSea of Okhotsk
AreaRussian Far East

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 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); 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.
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