Seneka Point

Seneka Point (Russian: Mys Seneka) is a steep 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 Tugursky Bay, the southeastern point of Lindholm Strait, and the western point of the entrance of Akademii 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 in the 1850s and 1860s. They called it Mercury Head or Walrus Point, the former named after the ship Mercury (340 tons), of New Bedford, which visited the area during her voyage of 1852-1855.[2][3]

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, Aug. 10, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Josephine, of New Bedford, Aug. 20, 1866, Kendall Whaling Museum.
  3. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.

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

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