Mesenbusen
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 The Mesenbusen on a map of the White Sea |
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| Waters | White sea | |
| Land mass | Eastern Europe | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 45 ′ N , 43 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| width | 97 km | |
| depth | 105 km | |
| Greatest water depth | 25 m | |
| Islands | Morshovets Island | |
| Tributaries | Mesen | |
 Topographic map of the Mesen bosom |
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The Mesenbusen ( Russian Мезенская губа , Mesenskaja guba , also Mesen Bay ) is a bay of the White Sea in northwestern Russia.
geography
The Mesenbusen is next to the Dwinabusen , the Onegabusen and the Kandalakschabucht one of the four large bays of the White Sea. The breast lies between the west coast of the Kanin Peninsula and the mainland to the south, in the extreme east of the White Sea. It is 105 kilometers long and 97 kilometers wide and stretches from the mouth of the Mesen river to the Morschowez island in it . In addition to the Mesen, the Kuloi River also flows into the Mesenbusen.
The water depth of the Mesenbusen is between 5 and 25 meters. The tidal range is up to 10 meters, making it the largest in the White Sea. Due to the large tidal range, attempts were made to build a tidal power plant in the bay. The project has not yet been implemented. The Mesenbusen freezes over for several months in winter.
Administratively, the Mesenbusen belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug . The southern and western part of the coast of the bosom is called Abramovsky bereg ( Абрамовский берег ) and is part of the Mesen district of Arkhangelsk Oblast. The eastern section of the Mesenbusen coastline belonging to the Kanin Peninsula is called Konuschinski bereg ( Конушинский берег ) and belongs to the Nenets Autonomous Okrug .
history
Originally settled on the banks of Mesenbusens the people of the Pomor which the area for fishing , the whaling and seal hunting used. In bad weather conditions, the Morschowez island served the fishermen as a place of rescue in order to avoid being driven out into the open sea.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Mesenbusen in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Article White Sea in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Russian), reviewed January 9, 2012
- ↑ Article Project of the Century: The Mesen Tidal Power Plant (Проект века: Мезенская приливная электростанция) in the newspaper Energetika i promyschlennost Rossii , March 7, 2001 (Russian), reviewed on January 9, 2012
- ↑ Article get stuck in Morschowez (Зацепились за Моржовец) on the official website of the Russian Geographical Society ( memento of October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian), checked on January 9, 2012