Novitsky Cove, Protected cove in Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Novitsky Cove is an inlet at the western end of Nakhodka Bay on the Sea of Japan, 2.9 km wide and reaching 1.2 km inland. Its open water is poorly sheltered from high waves; the Bakhirev rock stands off the north-eastern cape, Cape Pavlovsky faces Lisy Island at the south-western entrance, and the detached Elephant rock sits at the mouth.

Until 1972 the cove was called Chadauja; it was then renamed in memory of the naval sailor V. V. Novitsky, who died in 1865 and took part in founding the Vladivostok post. A resident recalled a UAMR boat station once operating in the cove. Today the Nakhodka oil-loading port occupies its shore, including the pier.

The cove was called Chadauja until 1972, when it was renamed after naval sailor V. V. Novitsky, who took part in founding the Vladivostok post and died in 1865. At the entrance stands the detached Elephant Rock, and the Bahirev Rock lies off the northeastern cape. Old resident V. Chernikov recalled that a UAMR boat station once operated in the cove.

The cove opens west into Nakhodka Gulf and is poorly sheltered from high waves, with Lisy Island lying to the southeast. The Nakhodka oil-loading port, including its pier, occupies the shore, and a 530 m sewage pipeline runs across the seabed. The cove is classed as a zone of highly abnormal oil-product pollution, so access to the water is not a recreational matter.

The cove was renamed in 1972 after naval sailor V. V. Novitsky, who died in 1865 and took part in founding the Vladivostok post; before that it was called Chadauja. At the entrance stands the detached Elephant Rock, and a 530 m sewage pipeline runs along the seabed.