{{Short description|Natural harbor in Iturup, Kuril Islands}} {{Expand Russian|date=March 2019|topic=geo}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Kasatka Bay | native_name = | other_name = Hitokappu Bay <!-- Images --> | image = Iturup Kasatka bay.jpg | alt = | caption = Kasatka Bay in 2019 | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = | group = | coordinates = {{coord|44.965|147.672|type:waterbody_region:RU|display=inline, title}} | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | mapframe = yes <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} thumb|Location of Kasatka Bay (dark blue) in Iturup '''Kasatka Bay''' ({{langx|ru|Залив Касатка|Zaliv Kasatka}}), formerly known by its Japanese name {{Nihongo|'''Hitokappu Bay'''|単冠湾|Hitokappu Wan|lead=yes}}, is a natural harbor on the central coast of Iturup, the largest of the Kuril Islands.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T_0dlMTDRTAC&dq=Hitokappu++iturup+island&pg=PA24 Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor]</ref> It has been controlled by the Soviet Union since the Soviets annexed the Kuril Islands from Japan at the end of World War II, and is currently under the administration of the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
On 26 November 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy led 24 vessels with the six aircraft carriers from Hitokappu Bay towards Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to trigger the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December, which led the United States declaration of war upon Japan.<ref>[http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=17 Attack on Pearl Harbor]</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lord|first=Walter|title=Day of Infamy|date=2012 |orig-year=1957|publisher=Open Road Integrated Media, New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnrTdRy6t8MC&q=day+of+infamy+hitokappu+bay&pg=PT17|pages=17–18|isbn=9781453238424}}</ref>
==See also== *Staging area *Soviet Pacific Fleet
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