Nagaev Bay
Coordinates: 59°32′N 150°41′E / 59.54°N 150.68°E
Nagayeva Bay (Russian: Бухта Нагаева, Нагаевская бухта), also known as Nagaev Bay, Nagayev Bay, Bukhta Nagaeva, and under other spelling variations, is a bay within the Taui Bay in the Northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, Magadan Oblast, Russia. The city of Magadan with its port (formerly Nagaevo port) is located by the bay. It was named after Russian hydrographer, admiral Alexey Nagaev.[1]
The bay has been described as the best mooring place in the Sea of Okhotsk.[1]
During the Gulag era the bay was used as a transit point for Gulag inmates coming by sea and further directed to camps of Magadan and Kolyma to man the Dalstroy works. Since 1937 the headquarters of Sevvostlag were situated by the Nagaev Bay.
Cultural references
Varlam Shalamov mentioned the bay as part of the Gulag industry in his memoirs About Kolyma
The Nagaev Bay is part of the refrain of Vladimir Vysotsky's song I Went to Magadan (Я уехал в Магадан)
References
- 1 2 Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Entry on Nagayeva Bay (Russian)