Seneka Point

{{Short description|Headland in the Sea of Okhotsk}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} '''Seneka Point''' (Russian: ''Mys Seneka'') is a steep-to point in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It has sheer cliffs that are 152 m (500 ft) high and grayish-brown in color. It forms the eastern point of the entrance to Tugur Bay, the southeastern point of Lindholm Strait, and the western point of the entrance of Academy Bay; to its north lies Belichy Island. Numerous tide rips and eddies form near the point.<ref name=ECR2014>National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). ''Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia''. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.</ref>

==History==

American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales off the point between 1855 and 1874. They called it '''Shantar Head''' or '''Walrus Point'''.<ref>''Mary Frazier'', of New Bedford, 2 July 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); ''Mary Frazier'', of New Bedford, 14 July 1858, NWC; ''Sea Breeze'', of New Bedford, 17 July 1874, George Blunt White Library.</ref>

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Category:Headlands of Khabarovsk Krai