Seneka Point (

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: ''Mys Seneka'') is a steep-to point in the western

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. 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 Tugur Bay or Tugursky Bay (, ''Tugursky Zaliv'') is a large bay in the Tuguro-Chumikansky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation. there was a project to build a tidal power station in Tugur Bay.

, the southeastern point of

Lindholm Strait Lindholm Strait (Russian: ''Proliv Lindgol'ma'') is a strait in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk. It separates Malyy Shantar and Belichiy Islands to the north from the Tugur Peninsula to the south. At its narrowest it is only 3.2 km (2 mi) wide. T ...

, and the western point of the entrance of Academy Bay; to its north lies Belichy Island. Numerous tide rips and

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form near the point.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). ''Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia''. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.

History

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s cruised for

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s off the point between 1855 and 1874. They called it Shantar Head or Walrus Point.''Mary Frazier'', of New Bedford, 2 July 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); ''Mary Frazier'', of New Bedford, 14 July 1858, NWC; ''Sea Breeze'', of New Bedford, 17 July 1874, George Blunt White Library.

References

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