Mezen Bay

The Mesenbusen on a map of the White Sea

Topographical map of Mesenbusens

The Mesenbusen (Russian Мезенская губа, Mesenskaja guba, also Mesenbucht ) is a bay of the White Sea in northwestern Russia.

Geography

The Mesenbusen is next to the Dwinabusen, the Onegabusen and the Kandalakscha Golf one of the four large bays of the White Sea. The breast lies between the west coast of the Kanin Peninsula and the southern mainland, in the extreme east of the White Sea. It is 105 kilometers long and 97 kilometers wide and extends from the estuary of the river up to the mesas lying in it Morschowez Island. In addition to the mesas and the river flows into the Kuloi Mesenbusen.

The water depth of the Mesenbusens is between 5 and 25 meters. The tidal range is up to 10 meters, making it the largest of the White Sea. Due to the large tidal range tries a tidal power plant in the bay was erect. The project has not been realized. The Mesenbusen freezes for several months in winter.

Administratively part of Mesenbusen to Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Nenets Autonomous circles. The southern and western coastal area of ​​the Gulf is as Abramowski Bereg ( Абрамовский берег ) and is part of the Rajons mesas of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. The belonging to the Kanin Peninsula eastern coastal area of ​​Mesenbusens is as Konuschinski Bereg ( Конушинский берег ) and are part of the Nenets Autonomous District of the.

History

Originally on the banks of Mesenbusens settled the people of the Pomors which use the area for fishing, whaling and seal hunting. In poor weather conditions, the Morschowez Island was used by the fishermen as a rescue point to the driving out to escape into the open sea.