Shelpinskaya (formerly Shelpina [1] ) is a lip on the Murmansk coast of the Barents Sea [2] . It extends into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula [2] . Open to the north, protrudes into the mainland for 2 km [2] . The width at the entrance is 2.5 km [2] . The maximum depth is over 20 m [2] .
| Lip Shelpinskaya | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Bay Type | Lip |
| Location | |
| Upstream water area | Barents Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Murmansk region |
| Area | Kola district |
It is located 105 km east of the Kola Bay , near the village of Dalnye Zelentsy [2] . There are Shelpinsky islands in the bay [2] . Several small streams flow into the bay [2] . The lip is limited by the entrance capes Doschaty (from the west) and Shelpin (from the east) [1] .
The banks of the bay mainly consist of large (up to 70 m [2] ) granite [1] places of steep mountains [2] . Soil - shell [1] . The average tide in the Shelpin Bay is 4 m [2] .
At the beginning of the 20th century , a convenient anchorage was located in the bay [1] . On the bank of the bay there was a trading post with a steam-oil factory of a large Murmansk fisheryman Savin and a fishing camp of Murmansk industrialists [1] . At that time, on average, 114 tons of cod were caught annually, haddock to 32 tons [1] .
There are no settlements on the banks of the lip. Administratively, the bay is part of the Kola district of the Murmansk region of Russia .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shelpin // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Map sheet R-37-97.98 . Scale: 1: 100,000. 1971 edition.