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Cape Bersen'yeva

Coordinates: 54°17′N 137°23′E / 54.283°N 137.383°E / 54.283; 137.383
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Cape Bersen'yeva
Silas Richards Bluff
Cape Bersen'yeva is located in Khabarovsk Krai
Cape Bersen'yeva
Cape Bersen'yeva
Coordinates: 54°17′N 137°23′E / 54.283°N 137.383°E / 54.283; 137.383
LocationKhabarovsk Krai,
 Russia
Offshore water bodiesSea of Okhotsk
Area
 • TotalRussian Far East

Cape Bersen'yeva (Russian: Mys Bersen'yeva) is a headland in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.[1]

Geography

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The cape is on the northeastern side of Tugur Bay, 20 km (about 12 mi) to the west of Seneka Point. It is high and conspicuous,[2] rising to a height of 162 m (531 ft).[1]

History

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American whaleships frequented the waters off the cape between 1854 and 1889,[3][4][5] anchoring off it and sending whaleboats down the bay for bowhead whales[6] or sending boats to the cape itself to cruise for whales as well.[7] Boat crews also camped at the cape.[8] They called it Silas Richards Bluff,[9] after the ship Silas Richards, of New Bedford, which was wrecked in a bay near the cape on 13 July 1854.[10] On 27 July 1867, the bark Java, of New Bedford, was ordered out of Tugur Bay near the cape by a Russian man-of-war.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mys Bersen'yeva". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  3. ^ Cicero, of New Bedford, August 27, 1855, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM).
  4. ^ Mary and Helen II, of San Francisco, August 12, 1885, KWM.
  5. ^ E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, August 20-22, September 6-10, September 27-28, October 9, 1889, GBWL #761.
  6. ^ Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, July 17-18, 1874, George Blunt White Library.
  7. ^ Montezuma, of New London, August 5, 1858, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
  8. ^ Java, of New Bedford, summer 1865-1866, in From Forecastle to Cabin (Beane, 1905, pp. 215-216).
  9. ^ Josephine, of New Bedford, August 18, 1861, KWM.
  10. ^ Friend, Honolulu, December 8, 1854, Vol. 3/11, No. 12, p. 93.
  11. ^ Friend, Honolulu, December 2, 1867, Vol. 16/24, No. 12.