Cape Ukoy

Cape Ukoy (Russian: Mys Ukoy) is a steep, narrow cape in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It consists of high and prominent rocks. Ukoy Bay lies just west of the cape.[1]

History

American and Russian whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the cape in the 1850s and 1860s.[2][3] They also anchored off the cape to obtain wood and water.[4][5]

References
  1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  2. Lexington, of Nantucket, Sep. 14, 1854, Nantucket Historical Association; Cicero, of New Bedford, Sep. 19, 1862, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM).
  3. Storfursten Constantin, of Helsinki, October 1858 and summer 1859. In Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
  4. Storfursten Constantin, of Helsinki, October 1859 and October 1860. In Lindholm, O. V., Haes, T. A., & Tyrtoff, D. N. (2008). Beyond the frontiers of imperial Russia: From the memoirs of Otto W. Lindholm. Javea, Spain: A. de Haes OWL Publishing.
  5. Josephine, of New Bedford, June 27–29, 1864, KWM; Java, of New Bedford, June 6–8, 1865, KWM.

55°38′N 136°46′E


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