The Eastern Bosphorus (

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: Босфор Восточный, ''Bosfor Vostochny'') is a

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

located in

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krais of Russia, krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East. The types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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, that separates the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and

Russky Island Russky Island () is an island in Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan, in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is the largest island in the Eugénie Archipelago, separated from the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula immediately to the north by the Eastern ...

, and connects Amur Bay and Ussuri Bay within Peter the Great Gulf. The Eastern Bosphorus has a depth of up to and is about long and only wide at its narrowest point. The strait features several bays within the peninsula and Russky Island, including the major Zolotoy Rog bay. Around this bay, most of the city of

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( ; , ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, covering an area o ...

is located. The

Russky Bridge The Russky Bridge () is a cable-stayed bridge in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. The bridge connects the Russky Island and the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula sections of the city across the Eastern Bosphorus strait, and with a central span of ...

, a

cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...

connecting the peninsula and Russky Island sections of Vladivostok, was completed in July 2012 and with a span of is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world as of 2020.

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Straits of the Pacific Ocean Straits of Russia Bodies of water of the Sea of Japan Bodies of water of Primorsky Krai Pacific Coast of Russia {{PrimorskyKrai-geo-stub

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