Severnyy Strait (Russian: Severnyy Proliv or "Northern Strait") is a strait in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It separates two of the Shantar Islands: Feklistova Island to the west and Bolshoy Shantar Island to the east.
History
American whaleships targeting bowhead whales visited Severnyy Strait from the 1850s to the 1880s.[1][2] They called it Feklistoff[3] or Big Shantar Passage.[4] Ships sailed through the strait on their way to[5] and from[6] Lebyazhya Bay or on their way to Tugur Bay.[7] Ships also anchored in the strait[8] and ships and boats cruised for whales in it as well.[9][10]