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11-750: Its north-western shores are on the Taui Bay . Its north-eastern shores are on the Odyan Bay ; the latter one resolves into the Nerpichya Bay  [ ru ] (" Pusa Bay"). The Peninsula's south-eastern shore is on the Zabiyaka Bay  [ ru ] . From the Zabiyaka Bay northwards the Siglan Bay  [ ru ] makes a notch into the isthmus between the peninsula and

22-587: Is a lighthouse (international code M 8015) on its slope. 59°03′N 151°31′E  /  59.05°N 151.52°E  / 59.05; 151.52 Taui Bay Taui Bay ( Russian : Тауйская губа; Tauyskaya Guba ) is a body of water in the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of the Magadan Oblast in Russia. The bay opens to the south. It is some 130 km (80 mi) wide and 75 km (46 mi) deep, and

33-613: Is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Magadan Oblast , Russian Far East . It has a drainage basin of 25,900 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi). The river is a spawning ground for salmon and is part of the Magadan Nature Reserve . Its last stretch is navigable. The Taui river, as the Kava, is formed at an elevation of 125 m (410 ft) at the confluence of rivers Rasava and Lozovaya flowing from

44-536: Is enclosed by the Koni Peninsula with Odyan Bay and Zavyalov Island on its eastern side and by Spafaryev Island on its southwestern end. Ice occurs in the bay from the middle of October to the middle of June. Tides are semidiurnal. Springs rise about 4.5 m (14.75 ft), while neaps rise 1.8 to 2.1 m (5.9 to 6.9 ft). The enclosed area is ca. 10 000 km , and the average depth 50–60 m (165-196 ft). The Arman , Ola , Yana and Taui rivers drain into

55-647: The Kheidzhan Range , Upper Kolyma Highlands . The Taui flows first southeastwards and then roughly eastwards along the Kava-Taui Plain (Кава-Тауйская равнина), a wide floodplain . In its last stretch it enters an area of wetlands . Finally it flows into the Amakhton Bay, part of the Taui Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk . Its mouth lies west of the Arman lagoon and just southwest of the mouth of

66-462: The bay, all whaling. These ships usually sought shelter to obtain wood and water, flense whales, or boil oil in Fabius Harbor , between the mainland and Fabius Island ( Ostrov Nedorazumeniya ), or Jeannette Harbor (Nagayeva Bay), under Jeannette Point (Mys Chirikova). Some traded calico for fresh salmon from the natives. On 12 August 1852, the whaleship Liancourt , of Havre ,

77-532: The bay. The city of Magadan is situated the centrally at the end of the bay, on the isthmus of the Staritsky Peninsula separated from the mainland by the smaller Nagayev Bay on the west and Gertner Bay  [ ru ] on the east. Taui Bay was frequented by American , French , and Russian whaleships hunting bowhead and gray whales between 1849 and 1885. The bark Isabella , of New Bedford , reported as many as thirty ships in

88-554: The mainland, into the valley of the Siglan River . The Ola sector of the Magadan Nature Reserve is situated on the peninsula, in its western part. Its eastern border runs from Cape Ploskiy  [ ru ] (Плоский, "Flat") in the north approximately south-eastwards along several watersheds down to the mouth of the Antara River (about 9 kilometers east of Cape Bligan  [ ru ] (Блиган).) The shores of

99-583: The reserve are surrounded by the buffer zone, a 2-kilometer wide strip of the sea from Cape Ploskiy to two nameless streams 9km to the east of the Antara River. Like in the Reserve, any human activities (such as hunting, fishing, Laminaria harvesting, etc.) are prohibited. The Ola sector was the first part of the Reserve, established in 1947 after the research carried out following the February 19, 1941 directive of Dalstroy directorate. The peninsula adjoins

110-563: The territory of the regional hunting reserve in the continental part of the Magadan Oblast. The relief of the Koni Peninsula is mostly mountainous, with peaks rising to 1,300-1,500 meters above sea level. The highest of them is Mount Skalistaya, 1,548 meters. The rivers are small and rapid. In the central part there are small volcanic lakes. Its westernmost promontory is Cape Taran  [ ru ] ("Cape Ram "). There

121-483: Was wrecked in the bay during a squall . Her crew were rescued by nearby vessels. A ship found casks with provisions and pieces of the wreck to the west of the bay about ten days later. There are a number of large colonies of common murre in the bay. Beluga whales are also occasionally sighted in the bay – they were formerly seen here regularly. Taui River The Taui (Russian: Тауй ), also known as Kava (Russian: Кава ) for part of its course,

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