Penkegnei ( Penkingei ) is a bay on the west coast of the Senyavin Strait of the Bering Sea . Administratively it relates to the Providensky district of the Chukotka Autonomous Region of Russia .
| Penkegney | |
|---|---|
| chuk. Pankanei | |
| Specifications | |
| Bay type | bay |
| Deepest | 100 m |
| Flowing rivers | Pestzovaya , Kitlyaren |
| Location | |
| Upstream water area | Bering Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Chukotka Autonomous Region |
| Area | Providensky district |
The shores of the bay are surrounded by high and steep mountains. At the entrance to the bay there are two small stone islands of Merkinkan and Achinkinkan .
Translated from Chukot. Pankaney - βsnow canopyβ, is named after the mountain at the left entrance to the bay, where snow canopies and canopies are formed on steep cliffs [1] .
Historical Information
Penkegney Bay was first described and mapped by midshipman Ratmanov in the fall of 1828 during the expedition of F.P. Litke [2] .
On the coast of the bay there are no permanent settlements. In 1928 a trading post was built here , but a year later it burned down and was no longer restored [3] .
Notes
- Π’Ρ Leontyev V. V. , Novikova K. A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; Far East Academy of Sciences of the USSR . North-East. complex. SRI. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince publishing house , 1989. - p. 320. - 456 p. - 15 000 copies - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .
- β F.P. Litke Swimming around the world and the Arctic Ocean. - M: βBustardβ, 2008
- β A. Kaltan. Chukotka Peninsula Survey Report (not available link) . TFGI in the Chukotka Autonomous Region (December 21, 1931). The date of circulation is July 21, 2013. Archived on September 5, 2013.
Links
- Penkegney // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.