Severo-Vostochnyy Strait (Russian: Proliv Severo-Vostochnyy or "Northeast Strait") is a strait located in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It separates Bolshoy Shantar Island to the north from Malyy Shantar Island to the south. It is divided in two by several rocks that rise to 15 to 18 m (50 to 60 ft) and has reefs extending from both sides. It also has swift tidal currents, with the flood setting to the west and the ebb to the east.[1][2]

History

American boat crews searching for bowhead whales sometimes used the strait,[3][4][5] though the ships themselves seldom entered it.[6][7] They called it Rocky Passage.[8]

References

  1. ↑ United States. 1952. Sailing directions for the east coast of Siberia, Mys Otto Shmidta to Sakhalinskiy Zaliv (Sakhalin Gulf). Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ↑ United States. (1918). Asiatic Pilot, Volume 1: East coast of Siberia, Sakhalin Island and Chosen. Washington: Hydrographic Office.
  3. ↑ Favorite, of Fairhaven, September 7, 1860, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC).
  4. ↑ Montezuma, of New London, August 5, 1860, NWC.
  5. ↑ Bart Gosnold, of New Bedford, August 18, 1863, George Blunt White Library (GBWL).
  6. ↑ Favorite, of Fairhaven, September 23, 1860, NWC.
  7. ↑ E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, October 13, 1889, GBWL.
  8. ↑ Carolina, of New Bedford, August 20, 1858, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.

54°34′N 137°45′E / 54.567°N 137.750°E / 54.567; 137.750

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