Saint Lawrence Bay | |
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Залив Лаврентия (Russian) | |
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Location | Far North |
Coordinates | 65°40′00″N 171°05′00″W / 65.6667°N 171.0833°W |
Ocean/sea sources | Bering Sea |
Basin countries | Russia |
Max. length | 45 km (28 mi) |
Max. width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Settlements | Port Lawrence |
The Saint Lawrence Bay (Russian: Залив Лаврентия; Zaliv Lavrentiya) is a bay in the Bering Sea on the eastern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation.
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Geography
This bay is located very close to the Bering Strait, which lies only a few km to the NE.[1]
The bay is open towards the southeast; it is 45 km in length and has an average width of about 8 km. There are two little islands inside the bay where it narrows forming an inlet. On the southern shore of the bay at Cape Hargilah is the village of Port Lawrence.
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History
British Captain James Cook landed for a few hours in St. Lawrence Bay and met some of the local Chukchi people in August 1778, but he didn't linger in the bay.[2]
This bay was first surveyed by Russian mariner Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke in 1828.
See also
References
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Cook's visit Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
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