Wrangel Cove, Marine cove in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Wrangel Cove is a cove in the eastern part of Nakhodka Bay, opening between Cape Kamensky and Cape Petrovsky. It measures 3.5 km long and 1.5 km wide, with an area of 6.16 km². The Khmylovka River flows into it, and the deep-water Vostochny Port lines its shores.
The cove was charted in 1860 by Vasily Babkin's expedition aboard the steam schooner Vostok, and Babkin named it after the Russian navigator Bernhard Wrangel, his respected superior. In his report Babkin called the anchorage he found excellent. The inlet lies between Cape Kamensky and Cape Petrovsky, and the deep-water Vostochny Port now occupies its shores.
Vasily Babkin named the cove in 1860 after the navigator Bernhard Wrangel, his respected superior. The microdistrict of Vrangyel on its shore belongs to the city of Nakhodka, and the deep-water Vostochny Port occupies the banks, with berths about 16 m deep and a 12 km quay wall.
The cove lies between Cape Kamenskogo and Cape Petrovskogo, at the mouth of the Khymylovka River; the Vostochny port berths inside it reach depths of about 16 m along a 12 km quay wall. A vessel traffic control system for Nakhodka Bay operates on Cape Kamenskogo. The Wrangel microdistrict of Nakhodka sits beside the cove.
The cove was named in 1860 by Vasily Babkin, commander of the steam schooner Vostok, after the Russian navigator Bernhard Wrangel, his respected superior. Babkin recorded finding an excellent anchorage here. On Cape Kamensky, at the entrance between Capes Kamensky and Petrovsky, stands the vessel traffic control system for Nakhodka Bay.
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