Severnyy Strait (Russian: Severnyy Proliv or "Northern Strait") is a strait in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It separates two of the Shantar Islands: Feklistova Island to the west and Bolshoy Shantar Island to the east.
History
American whaleships targeting bowhead whales visited Severnyy Strait from the 1850s to the 1880s.Florida, of Fairhaven, September 21-22, 1853, Old Dartmouth Historical Society.E. F. Herriman, of San Francisco, August 28, 1889, George Blunt White Library (GBWL). They called it FeklistoffWilliam C. Nye, of San Francisco, October 1, 1862, Bancroft Library. or Big Shantar Passage.Onward, of New Bedford, September 15, 1864, GBWL. Ships sailed through the strait on their way toSea Breeze, of New Bedford, September 23, 1874, GBWL. and fromBart Gosnold, of New Bedford, September 22, 1863, GBWL. Lebyazhya Bay or on their way to Tugur Bay.Endeavor, of New Bedford, July 19, 1858, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC). Ships also anchored in the straitWalter Scott, of Edgartown, August 3, 1854, Martha's Vineyard Museum. and ships and boats cruised for whales in it as well.Josephine, of New Bedford, August 26, September 5-6, 1861, Kendall Whaling Museum.Favorite, of Fairhaven, August 29, 1860, NWC.
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