Nakhodka Bay

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Nakhodka Bay or Nakhodka Gulf (Russian: зали́в Нахо́дка) is a bay of the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan, on which is sited the port of Nakhodka. It is part of the Primorsky Krai of Russia. The Lisy Island protects the bay from open sea waves.
The bay is one of the largest transport junctions in the Russian Far East; vessel traffic is extremely intensive here. There are four ports in the Gulf and four ship repairing yards. It is a basic port for vessels of largest companies, such as Primorsk Shipping Corporation (Prisco) and the base of the Active Marine Fishery.
Nakhodka Bay was discovered in 1859 by the Russian corvette "Amerika" ("America"), which sought shelter in the bay during a storm. Nakhodka is Russian for "a lucky find". The first Russian settlement, the village Amerikanka, was founded in 1907 and named after the corvette.

Nakhodka Bay is located in the eastern Gulf of Peter the Great between the Cape and the Cape Middle Krilova. West and east coast of the Gulf of lofty, rocky and winding. They are formed by the slopes of the coastal mountains, porosshih with grass and shrubs, sometimes with forest. On the eastern coast of the Gulf, these slopes are more flat than in the West. North coast of the Gulf of Nakhodka on the whole low, and is surrounded by sandy beaches. It is low-lying valley of the River Partizanskaya, which flows into the northeastern Gulf. At the entrance to the Bay Nahodka northern shore maloprimeten against the backdrop of mountains rising behind him. In the Gulf coast of Nakhodka vdaetsya several bays. The most important bay Nowicki and Nahodka, vdayuschiesya in the west coast of the Gulf and Wrangel Bay, vdayuschayasya in the eastern Gulf Coast. These bays are located, respectively, tanker Nakhodka Commercial Sea Port, Nakhodka sea trade and fishing ports and the sea port of East Port. The shores of the bay in places bordered by stones, which in some places are far from the coastline. In the middle of the bay, near the eastern coast, is the bank's Cruiser, and 1 mile NNE of it - the bank Belkin.
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Coordinates:   42°46'35"N   132°58'29"E
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