Shelikhov Gulf

Shelikhov Gulf is a large gulf off the northwestern coast of Kamchatka, . The gulf is named after Russian explorer Grigory Shelikhov. It is located in the northeastern corner of the and branches into two main arms, Gizhigin Bay to the west and Penzhina Bay to the east.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay of the Sea of Okhotsk
  • Also known as: “Gulf of Penjinsk”, “Gulf of Shelekhova”, “Penjinski Bay”, “Penzhinskaya”, “Penzhinskiy Zaliv”, and “Zaliv Shelekhova”

Shelikhov Gulf

Latitude
59.75° or 59° 45′ north
Longitude
158° east
Open location code
9RFWQ222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4789562060
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2121316
Wiki­data ID
Q639399
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shelikhov Gulf” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج شيليخوف”
  • Armenian: “Շելիխովի ծոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şelixov körfəzi”
  • Belarusian: “Заліў Шэліхава”
  • Bulgarian: “Шелихов”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Xélikhov”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Xèlikhov”
  • Cebuano: “Zaliv Shelikhova”
  • Chinese: “舍利霍夫灣”
  • Croatian: “Šelihovljev zaljev”
  • Croatian: “Zaljev Šelikova”
  • Czech: “Šelichovův záliv”
  • Czech: “Залив Шелихова”
  • Dutch: “Sjelichovbaai”
  • Estonian: “Šelihhovi laht”
  • French: “golfe de Chelikhov”
  • French: “Golfe de Chelikhov”
  • Galician: “Golfo de Shelikhov”
  • Georgian: “შელიხოვის ყურე”
  • German: “Schelichow-Bucht”
  • Iloko: “Golpo Shelikhov”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Šelichov”
  • Japanese: “シェリホフ湾”
  • Kazakh: “Шелихов шығанағы”
  • Latin: “Sinus Schelechovii”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjelikhovbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjelikhovbukta”
  • Persian: “خلیج شلیخف”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Szelichowa”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Shelikhov”
  • Russian: “Залив Шелихова”
  • Slovak: “Šelichovov záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Šelihovov zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Shelijov”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Shélijov”
  • Swedish: “Sjelichovbukten”
  • Tatar: “Шелихов култыгы”
  • Turkish: “Şelihov Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Затока Шеліхова”
  • Venetian: “Golfo de Shélijov”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Shelikhov”

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