Cape Tyl'sky
Cape Tyl'sky Мыс Тыльский South Head | |
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  Cape Tyl'sky | |
| Coordinates: 54°40′N 135°38′E / 54.667°N 135.633°E | |
| Location | Khabarovsk Krai, Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | Sea of Okhotsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | Russian Far East |
Cape Tyl'sky (Russian: Мыс Тыльский, Mys Tyl'sky) is a prominent headland in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation.
Geography
Cape Tyl'sky is located on the south side of Uda Bay, near the mouth of the Tyl river, in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[1] It rises to a height of 217 m (712 ft). There is a light atop a 22 m (72 ft) tower on the cape which operates from late July to late October.[2]
History
American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the cape from 1858 to 1874. They called it South Head.[3] They also anchored off the cape and sent boat crews on extended cruises to Tugur Bay.[4]
References
- ^ "Mys Tyl'sky". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2004. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-57785-560-6. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ Josephine, of New Bedford, Aug. 6, 1858, Kendall Whaling Museum; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, July 27–28, 1874, George Blunt White Library.
- ^ Midas, of New Bedford, June 25, 1859, Nicholson Whaling Collection.