Lazurnaya Bay

{{Short description|Bay in Russia}} {{Unreferenced|date=May 2026}} [[File:Azure Cove (Shamora) (Summer).JPG|thumb|right|200px|Lazurnaya Bay]] '''Lazurnaya Bay''' ({{langx|ru|бухта Лазурная}}) is a bay on the east side of the [[Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula]] in Russia. It lies to the northeast of [[Vladivostok]] and to the southwest from the [[Three Little Pigs Bay]]. The Lazurnaya Bay forms part of the [[Ussuri Bay]] in the [[Sea of Japan]].

The toponym was coined in the 1970s and translates from Russian as "the [[azure (color)|Azure]] Bay". The older, traditional name is '''Shamora''' ({{langx|ru|Шамора}}) which supposedly translates from [[Chinese language|Chinese]] as "sandy desert". From the 1880s until 1973, it was officially called ''Feldhausen Bay'' (in honor of {{Interlanguage link multi|Alexander Feldhausen|ru|3=Фельдгаузен, Александр Фёдорович|vertical-align=sup}}, the first [[Military Governor]] of Vladivostok). The Shamora beach gave its name to a collection of old songs by the Vladivostok band ''[[Mumiy Troll]]''.

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[[Category:Bays of Primorsky Krai]] [[Category:Pacific Coast of Russia]] [[Category:Beaches of Russia]]