Ushki Bay (Russian: Zaliv Ushki) is a small bay in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation.
Geography Ushki Bay is located on the northern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. It lies to the east of the mountainous Lisyansky Peninsula. The bay is 24 km (15 mi) wide and lies between Cape Yelagin to the west and Cape Rzhavyy to the east – the latter is visible from a great distance on a clear day as its red color contrasts with the brown color of the coastline on either side of it.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
The depth of the northern part of the bay reaches .Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute, p. 90
History
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales in the bay in the 1840sIndia, of New Bedford, July 16-19, 1849, Old Dartmouth Historical Society. and 1850s. They called it Shepherdess Bay,Pacific, of Fairhaven, July 16-19, 1856, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Onward, of New Bedford, July 24-25, 1856, NWC. after a Mystic ship that frequented the area at the time.Shepherdess, of Mystic, spoken by Three Brothers, of Nantucket, July 27, 1852, August 22, 1852, August 24, 1852, anchored in a large bay on the north-central coast of Sea of Okhotsk, Nantucket Historical Association.
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