Konstantina Bay

Konstantina Bay (Russian: Zaliv Konstantina) is a small bay in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk, just south of the Shantar Islands. It is a western branch of the larger Akademii Bay to the east. The bay is about 9.6 km (6 mi) in diameter and its entrance is about 4.8 km (3 mi) wide. Spring tides rise 3.8 m (12.5 ft), while neaps rise 2.7 m (9 ft).[1]

Flora and fauna

The bay's shores are covered with fir, larch, pine, birch, and various other species of trees.[1] Waders use the southern part of Konstantina Bay as a stopover during their summer migration. The most abundant species is Terek sandpiper.[2]

History

It was frequented by American and Russian whaleships targeting bowhead whales between 1857 and 1874. The former called it Taylor's Bay.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 United States. (1918). Asiatic Pilot, Volume 1: East coast of Siberia, Sakhalin Island and Chosen. Washington: Hydrographic Office.
  2. ↑ Pronkevich, V. V. (1998). "Migration of waders in the Khabarovsk region of the Far East". International Wader Studies 10: 425-430.
  3. ↑ Hudson, of Fairhaven, July 5-22, 1857, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Josephine, of New Bedford, Aug. 29, 1864, Aug. 1, 1865, KWM; Java, of New Bedford, Aug. 15–17, 1865, Aug. 28, 1866, July 20–21, 1867, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, July 16, July 30-Aug. 2, 1874, G. W. Blunt White Library.

Coordinates: 54°04′52″N 137°22′44″E / 54.08111°N 137.37889°E / 54.08111; 137.37889


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