Peter the Great Gulf

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The Peter the Great Gulf (Russian: Залив Петра Великого) is the largest gulf of the Sea of Japan adjoining the coast of Russia's Primorski Krai. The Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and a chain of outlying islands divides the gulf of about 6,000 km². into the Amur Bay and the Ussuri Bay.

The coastline of about 1,500 kilometers is indented by many smaller bays, the chief of which are the Zolotoy Rog, Diomede Bay, Ulysses Bay, Nakhodka Bay, Possiet Bay, and the Shamora, with its fine sandy beaches. The islands include the Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago, Askold Island, Putyatin Island, and Russky Island (separated from the mainland by the Eastern Bosphorus).

About 630 km² of the gulf area are protected as the Far Eastern Marine Nature Reserve. A sailing regatta that annually takes place in the gulf, is known as the Cup of the Peter the Great Gulf. In winter the northern bays are normally sealed by ice.

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