Vostok Bay
Vostok Bay (Russian: залив Восток, 42°52′33″N 132°44′35″E / 42.87583°N 132.74306°E) is a small (15 km × 6 km or 9.3 mi × 3.7 mi) bay in Sea of Japan to the west of Trudny Peninsula. It is a part of Peter the Great Gulf.
The bay is a shallow but its fauna is rich. Vostok Bay Sea Wildlife Preserve was founded in 1989.[1]
Vostok Bay has no ecological problems and it is a summer recreation area.[2]
The main settlements on coast are Nakhodka (suburbs Priiskovy, Livadiya and Yuzhno-Morskoy) and Volchanets.
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- ^ Государственный морской комплексный заказник ЗАЛИВ ВОСТОК
- ^ Khristoforova, N. K.; Zhuravel', E. V.; Mironova, Yu. A. (2002). "Recreational Effects in Vostok Bay, Sea of Japan". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 28 (4): 274–277. doi:10.1023/A:1020233429568.
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