Uda Gulf
Uda Gulf or Uda Bay (Russian: Udskaya Guba) is a gulf in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk. It lies just west of the Shantar Islands. The Uda River flows into it.
History
Between 1855 and 1874, American and Russian whaleships hunted bowhead whales in the gulf. The former called it Southwest Bay.[1][2] The barque Louisa, of New Bedford, reported as many as fifty ships in sight in the bay at one time, ten of which were boiling oil.[3] In 1864, the ship Mary (287 tons), of New Bedford, was wrecked in Northeast Harbor, on the western side of the bay, during an autumn gale. Her captain, Edwin P. Thompson, traveled to the Russian whaling station Mamga in Tugursky Bay, where she was sold at auction for $1,100 to Otto W. Lindholm. The second mate and four men guarded the wreck during the winter, and the following spring Lindholm salvaged what valuables he could before setting her afire.[2][4]
Russian schooners and boat crews from Mamga also cruised for bowheads in the bay from 1864 to 1871.[2]
References
- ↑ Lexington, of Nantucket, July 7, 1855, G. W. Blunt White Library (GBWL); Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sep. 18, 1874, GBWL.
- 1 2 3 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.
- ↑ Louisa, of New Bedford, Aug. 19, 1858, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
- ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
Coordinates: 54°52′N 135°53′E / 54.867°N 135.883°E