Seneka Point (Russian: Mys Seneka) is a steep-to point in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It has sheer cliffs that are 152 m (500 ft) high and grayish-brown in color. It forms the eastern point of the entrance to Tugur Bay, the southeastern point of Lindholm Strait, and the western point of the entrance of Academy Bay; to its north lies Belichy Island. Numerous tide rips and eddies form near the point.[1]

History

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the point between 1855 and 1874. They called it Shantar Head or Walrus Point.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  2. ↑ Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 2, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Mary Frazier, of New Bedford, July 14, 1858, NWC; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, July 17, 1874, George Blunt White Library.

54°19′N 137°44′E / 54.317°N 137.733°E / 54.317; 137.733

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