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Solovetsky Islands Onega Bay White Sea

Posted Thu, 09/04/2015 - 22:41 by Cap

If you want to see a miracle, the easiest way is to raft along the Karelian Keret River with access to the White Sea! The spectacle is indescribable when you jump over the last threshold and slowly enter the Chupa lip! There was a long northern sunset, the water was calm and very clear. We tried the water from the oar - real sea water, salty!
Suddenly we saw a sea jellyfish in the water column! White Sea gulls screamed above us, and beyond the islands stretched the endless sea!
Ahead stood the island of Keret, where we were to spend the night, and around us was the sea, islands, shores and the never-setting sun with thousands of reflections!
This is how the Nomads became acquainted with the White Sea!

When we sailed along the White Sea on a boat, there was a real gloom over the sea. A light rain fell, fog rose, and we sat in the cabin, complaining about the bad weather, and could not take a single decent photo...

But a miracle happened - as soon as we began to approach Solovki, as in a fairy tale, the sky opened, the sun's rays shone on the sea water, and the Solovetsky Kremlin sparkled before us!

Shined in all its glory! It sparkled with domes, spread out the bluish distances of the sea, and sparkled with nearby islands!

We climbed out onto the deck and joyfully greeted the views that opened up to us!

Until the beginning of the 18th century, most Russian trade routes passed through the White Sea, but this was not very convenient, since the White Sea was covered with ice for more than half the year. After the founding of St. Petersburg, the flow of goods decreased significantly; the main sea trade routes moved to the Baltic Sea. Since the 1920s, most traffic has been diverted from the White Sea to the ice-free port of Murmansk, located on the shores of the Barents Sea.

FLAG OF NOMADERS ON THE WHITE SEA

Reflection in art
Valery Gusev, from the Black Kitten series of children's detective stories, told about the adventures of two boys on the White Sea in his story “Skeletons in the Fog.”
The action of Pavel Lungin's film "The Island" takes place in a monastery on the islands of the White Sea.
Soviet animated film “Laughter and grief at the White Sea” based on the fairy tales of Boris Shergin and Stepan Pisakhov.
The life of birds and animals of the White Sea is described in the children's fairy tale "Flying to the North" by ecologist Vadim Fedorov

Cape Svyatoy Nos, border of the White and Barents seas

CAPE HOLY NOSE - ON THE BORDER OF TWO SEAS
Holy Nose is a cape on the eastern coast, separating the Barents and White Seas, as well as the Murmansk and Terek coasts. Located on a small peninsula, also named Holy Nose. On the peninsula there is a village of the same name and the Svyatonossky lighthouse. The toponym Holy Nose is widespread on the coast of the Arctic Ocean; according to the assumption of the Swedish Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, the Pomors received this name from capes that protrude strongly into the sea and are difficult to overcome in coastal navigation.
The peninsula is about 15 km long and up to 3 km wide. Height up to 179 m. The peninsula has several small lakes and several streams, including Dolgiy and Sokoliy. The Stanovaya and Dolgaya bays of the White Sea and the Lopskoye Stanovishche bay of the Svyatonossky Bay cut into the peninsula. Capes Sokoliy Nos and Nataliy Navolok are located. Previously, there was the village of Svyatonosskaya Sirena on the peninsula.

lighthouse on Cape Svyatoy Nose White Sea

Initially, the cape was called Tersky Cape or Tersky Nose. Later the modern name was assigned to the cape. European cartographers marked the cape on their maps as early as the 16th century. The Norwegians called the cape Vegestad - from the Norwegian language a waypost or wayside rock. The name comes from the fact that having reached this point on the coast it was necessary to change course.
The Russian ambassador to Denmark and clerk Grigory Istoma wrote during his trip in 1496:
The Holy Nose is a huge rock jutting into the sea like a nose; below it is visible a whirlpool cave, which every six hours absorbs water and, with great noise, spews back this abyss. Some said it was the middle of the sea, others said it was Charybdis. ...The power of this abyss is so great that it attracts ships and other objects nearby, spins them and swallows them, and that they have never been in greater danger. For when the abyss suddenly and strongly began to attract the ship on which they were traveling, they barely escaped with great difficulty, putting all their strength on the oars.
The Pomors have a saying: “Wherever the fish go, the Holy Nose will not escape.” According to legend, there were huge worms near the cape that turned over sloops, but Saint Barlaam of Keret deprived them of such power. Industrialists dragged their ships across the peninsula from Volkova Bay to Lapskoye Stanovishte Bay.

Rabocheostrovsk, Solovki White Sea

GEOGRAPHY OF THE WHITE SEA
Main physical and geographical features. Located on the northern edge of the European part of our country, the White Sea occupies the space between 68°40′ and 63°48′ N. latitude, and 32°00′ and 44°30′ east. and is entirely located on the territory of the USSR. By its nature, it belongs to the seas of the Arctic Ocean, but it is the only Arctic sea that lies almost entirely south of the Arctic Circle; only the northernmost regions of the sea extend beyond this circle.
The White Sea, bizarre in shape, is deeply cut into the continent; almost everywhere it has natural land boundaries and is only separated from the Barents Sea by a conventional border - the line of Cape Svyatoy Nos - Cape Kanin Nos. Surrounded by land on almost all sides, the White Sea belongs to inland seas. In size, this is one of our smallest seas. Its area is 90 thousand km2, volume is 6 thousand km3, average depth 67 m, maximum depth 350 m. The modern shores of the White Sea, different in external forms and landscapes, have their own geographical names and belong to different geomorphological types of shores (Fig. 17).

The topography of the sea bottom is uneven and complex. The deepest areas of the sea are the Basin and Kandalaksha Bay, in the outer part of which the maximum depth is noted. The depths decrease quite smoothly from the mouth to the top of the Dvina Bay. The bottom of the shallow Onega Bay is slightly elevated above the bowl of the Basin. The bottom of the Sea Throat is an underwater trench about 50 m deep, stretched along the strait somewhat closer to the Tersky coast. The northern part of the sea is the shallowest. Its depth does not exceed 50 m. The bottom here is very uneven, especially near the Kaninsky coast and the entrance to the Mezen Bay. This area is dotted with many banks, which are distributed in several ridges and are known as “Northern Cats”.

The shallowness of the northern part and Gorlo in comparison with the Basin complicates its water exchange with the Barents Sea, which affects the hydrological conditions of the White Sea. The position of this sea in the north of the temperate zone and partly beyond the Arctic Circle, belonging to the Arctic Ocean, the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean and the almost continuous ring of land surrounding it determine both marine and continental features in the climate of the sea, which makes the climate of the White Sea transitional from oceanic to mainland. The influence of the ocean and land is manifested to a greater or lesser extent in all seasons. Winter on the White Sea is long and harsh. At this time, an extensive anticyclone is established over the northern part of the European territory of the Union, and intense cyclonic activity develops over the Barents Sea. In this regard, predominantly southwestern winds blow at a speed of 4-8 m/s on the White Sea. They bring with them cold, cloudy weather with snowfall. In February, the average monthly air temperature over almost the entire sea is −14–15°, and only in the northern part does it rise to −9°, as the warming influence of the Atlantic Ocean is felt here. With significant incursions of relatively warm air from the Atlantic, southwesterly winds are observed and the air temperature rises to −6–7°. The displacement of the anticyclone from the Arctic to the White Sea region causes north-eastern winds, clearing and cooling down to −24-26°, and sometimes very severe frosts.

Borschev Islands White Sea

Summers are cool and moderately humid. At this time, an anticyclone usually sets up over the Barents Sea, and intense cyclonic activity develops to the south and southeast of the White Sea. In such a synoptic situation, northeast winds with a force of 2-3 prevail over the sea. The sky is completely cloudy and heavy rain often falls. The air temperature in July averages 8-10°. Cyclones passing over the Barents Sea change the wind direction over the White Sea to the west and southwest and cause an increase in air temperature to 12-13°. When an anticyclone sets up over northeastern Europe, southeast winds and clear sunny weather prevail over the sea. The air temperature rises to an average of 17-19°, and in some cases in the southern part of the sea it can reach 30°. However, in summer cloudy and cool weather still prevails. Thus, on the White Sea there is no long-term stable weather throughout almost the entire year, and the seasonal change in prevailing winds is of a monsoon nature. These are important climatic features, significantly affecting the hydrological conditions of the sea.

Hydrological characteristics. The White Sea is one of the cold Arctic seas, which is associated not only with its position in high latitudes, but also with the hydrological processes occurring in it. The distribution of water temperature on the surface and in the depth of the sea is characterized by great diversity from place to place and significant seasonal variability. In winter, the surface water temperature is equal to the freezing temperature and is on the order of −0.5–0.7° in the bays, up to −1.3° in the Basin and up to −1.9° in the Gorlo and the northern part of the sea. These differences are explained by different salinities in different areas of the sea.

In the spring, after the sea is freed from ice, the water surface quickly warms up. In summer, the surface of relatively shallow bays is best heated (Fig. 18). The water temperature on the surface of the Kandalaksha Bay in August is on average 14-15°, in the Basin 12-13°. The most low temperature on the surface is observed in Voronka and Gorlo, where strong mixing cools the surface waters to 7-8°. In autumn, the sea cools rapidly and spatial differences in temperature are smoothed out.

The change in water temperature with depth occurs unequally from season to season in different areas of the sea. In winter, the temperature, close to the surface, covers a layer of 30-45 m, followed by a slight increase to a horizon of 75-100 m. This is a warm intermediate layer - the remnant of summer heating. Below it, the temperature decreases, and from horizons of 130-140 m to the bottom it becomes equal to −1.4°. In spring, the sea surface begins to warm up. Warming extends up to 20 m. From here the temperature drops sharply to negative values ​​at a horizon of 50–60 m.

In autumn, cooling of the sea surface extends to horizons of 15-20 m and equalizes the temperature in this layer. From here to horizons of 90–100 m, the water temperature is slightly higher than in the surface layer, since the heat accumulated over the summer is still retained in the subsurface (20–100 m) horizons. Further, the temperature drops again and from horizons of 130-140 m to the bottom is −1.4°.

In some areas of the Basin, the vertical distribution of water temperature has its own characteristics. The rivers flowing into the White Sea annually pour about 215 km3 of fresh water into it. More than 3/4 of the total flow comes from rivers flowing into the Onega, Dvina and Mezen bays. Mezen 38.5 km3, Onega 27.0 km3 of water per year. The Kem flowing into the western coast gives 12.5 km3 and Vyg 11.5 km3 of water per year. The remaining rivers provide only 9% of the flow. The intra-annual distribution of the flow of rivers flowing into these bays, which discharge 60-70% of their water in the spring, is also characterized by great unevenness. Due to the natural regulation of the lakes of many coastal rivers, the distribution of their flow throughout the year occurs more or less evenly. The maximum flow is observed in spring and amounts to 40% of the annual flow. Rivers flowing from the southeast have sharper spring floods. For the sea as a whole, the maximum flow occurs in May, and the minimum in February-March.

Fresh water entering the White Sea increases the water level in it, as a result of which excess water flows through the Gorlo into the Barents Sea, which is facilitated by the predominance of southwestern winds in winter. Due to the difference in the densities of the waters of the White and Barents Seas, a current arises from the Barents Sea. There is an exchange of water between these seas. True, the White Sea basin is separated from the Barents Sea by an underwater threshold located at the exit from the Gorlo. Its greatest depth is 40 m, which makes it difficult to exchange deep waters between these seas. About 2,200 km3 of water flows out of the White Sea annually, and about 2,000 km3/year flows into it. Consequently, significantly more than 2/3 of the total mass of deep (below 50 m) White Sea water is renewed in a year.

The vertical distribution of water temperature in the Throat is fundamentally different. Due to good mixing, seasonal differences consist in changes in the temperature of the entire mass of water, and not in the nature of its change with depth. Unlike the Pool, here external thermal influences are perceived by the entire mass of water as one whole, and not from layer to layer.

Kandalaksha Bay White Sea

SALINITY OF THE SEA
The salinity of the White Sea is lower than the average salinity of the ocean. Its values ​​are unevenly distributed on the sea surface, which is due to the peculiarities of the location of river flow, half of which is the flow of water from the Barents Sea and the transfer of water by sea currents. Salinity values ​​usually increase from the tops of the bays to the central part of the Basin and with depth, although each season has its own characteristics of salinity distribution.

In winter, surface salinity is elevated everywhere. In the Gorlo and Voronka it is 29.0–30.0‰, and in the Basin it is 27.5–28.0‰. River mouth areas are the most desalinated. In the Basin, the values ​​of surface salinity can be traced to horizons of 30–40 m, from where they first sharply and then gradually increase towards the bottom.

In spring, surface waters are significantly desalinated (up to 23.0‰, and in the Dvina Bay up to 10.0–12.0‰) in the east and much less (up to 26.0–27.0‰) in the west. This is explained by the concentration of the main part of the river flow in the east, as well as the removal of ice from the west, where it forms but does not melt, and therefore does not have a desalination effect. Reduced salinity is observed in the layer 5-10 m below; it increases sharply to horizons of 20-30 m, and then gradually rises towards the bottom.

In summer, salinity on the surface is low and variable in space. A typical example of the distribution of salinity values ​​on the surface is shown in Fig. 20. The range of salinity values ​​is quite significant. In the Basin, desalination extends to horizons of 10–20 m, from here the salinity first sharply and then gradually increases to the bottom (Fig. 21). In the bays, desalination covers only the upper 5-meter layer, which is associated with compensatory flows that compensate for the loss of water carried out by runoff surface currents. A. N. Pantyulin noted that due to the difference in the thickness of the layer of low salinity in the bays and in the Basin, the maximum desalination obtained by calculating the depth-integrated salinity is confined to the latter. This means that the central part of the Basin is a kind of reservoir for relatively desalinated waters coming from the Dvina and Kandalaksha bays. This is a unique hydrological feature of the White Sea.

In autumn, surface salinity increases due to a reduction in river flow and the onset of ice formation. In the Basin, approximately the same values ​​are observed up to horizons of 30-40 m, from here they increase to the bottom. In Gorlo, Onega and Mezen bays, tidal mixing makes the vertical distribution of salinity more uniform throughout the year. The density of the White Sea water primarily determines the salinity. The highest density is observed in Voronka, Gorlo and the central part of the Basin in autumn and winter. In summer the density is reduced. Density values ​​increase quite sharply with depth in accordance with the vertical distribution of salinity, which creates a stable stratification of waters. It complicates wind mixing, the depth of which during strong autumn-winter storms is approximately 15-20 m, and in the spring-summer season it is limited to horizons of 10-12 m.

Tersky coast of the White Sea

ICE FORMATION AT SEA
Despite the strong cooling in autumn and winter and intense ice formation, the interlayering of water allows convection to spread over most of the sea only to horizons of 50–60 m. Somewhat deeper (80–100 m), the winter vertical circulation penetrates near the Gorlo, where this is facilitated by intense turbulence associated with strong tidal currents. The limited depth of distribution of autumn-winter convection is a characteristic hydrological feature of the White Sea. However, its deep and bottom waters do not remain in a stagnant state or extremely slow refreshment in conditions of their difficult exchange with the Barents Sea. The deep waters of the Basin are formed annually in winter as a result of the mixing of surface waters entering the Funnel from the Barents Sea and from the White Sea Throat. During ice formation, the salinity and density of the waters mixed here increase and they slide along the slopes of the bottom from the Gorlo to the bottom horizons of the Basin. The constancy of the temperature and salinity of the deep waters of the Basin is not a stagnant phenomenon, but a consequence of the uniform conditions of formation of these waters.

The structure of the White Sea waters is formed mainly under the influence of desalination by continental runoff and water exchange with the Barents Sea, as well as tidal mixing, especially in the Gorlo and Mezen Bay and winter vertical circulation. Based on the analysis of vertical distribution curves of oceanological characteristics, V.V. Timonov (1950) identified the following types of waters in the White Sea: Barents Sea (in its pure form presented only in Voronka), desalinated waters of the tops of bays, waters of the upper layers of the Basin, deep waters of the Basin, waters Throat.

The horizontal circulation of the White Sea waters is formed under the combined influence of wind, river runoff, tides, and compensation flows, so it is diverse and complex in detail. The resulting movement forms a counterclockwise movement of water, characteristic of the seas of the Northern Hemisphere (Fig. 22).

Due to the concentration of river flow mainly at the tops of the bays, a waste flow appears here, directed into the open part of the Basin. Under the influence of the Coriolis force, the moving waters are pressed against the right bank and flow from the Dvina Bay along the Zimny ​​Coast to Gorlo. Near the Kola coast there is a current from Gorlo to the Kandalaksha Bay, from which waters move along the Karelian coast into the Onega Bay and flow out of it at its right bank. Before entering from the bays in the Basin, weak cyclonic gyres are created that arise between waters moving in opposite directions. These gyres cause anticyclonic movement of water between them. the movement of waters is traced clockwise. The speeds of constant currents are small and usually equal to 10-15 cm/s; in narrow areas and at capes they reach 30-40 cm/s. Tidal currents have much higher speeds in some areas. In Gorlo and Mezen Bay they reach 250 cm/s, in Kandalaksha Bay - 30-35 cm/s and Onega Bay - 80-100 cm/s. In the Basin, tidal currents are approximately equal in speed to constant currents. White Sea

TIDES AND CURRENTS
Tides are well pronounced in the White Sea (see Fig. 22). A progressive tidal wave from the Barents Sea spreads along the axis of the Funnel to the top of the Mezen Bay. Passing across the entrance to the Throat, it causes waves to pass through the Throat into the Basin, where they are reflected from the Summer and. The combination of waves reflected from the shores and oncoming waves creates a standing wave, which creates tides in the Throat and the White Sea Basin. They have a regular semi-diurnal character. Due to the configuration of the shores and the nature of the bottom topography, the highest tide (about 7.0 m) is observed in the Mezen Bay, near the Kaninsky coast, Voronka and near the island. Sosnovets, in the Kandalaksha Bay it slightly exceeds 3 m. In the central regions of the Basin, the Dvina and Onega bays, the tides are lower.

The tidal wave travels long distances up rivers. In the Northern Dvina, for example, the tide is noticeable 120 km from the mouth. With this movement of the tidal wave, the water level in the river rises, but suddenly it stops its increase or even decreases slightly, and then continues to rise again. This process is called “maniha” and is explained by the influence of various tidal waves.

At the mouth of the Mezen, which is wide open to the sea, the tide delays the river flow and forms a high wave, which, like a wall of water, moves up the river, sometimes several meters high. This phenomenon is called “rolling” here, “bor” on the Ganges, and “maskar” on the Seine.

The White Sea is one of the stormy seas. The strongest waves are observed in October-November from the northern part and the Throat of the sea. At this time, excitement is observed, mainly 4-5 points or more. However, the small size of the reservoir does not allow large waves to develop. In the White Sea, waves up to 1 m high prevail. Occasionally they reach a height of 3 m and, as an exception, 5 m. The sea is calmest in the second half of summer, in July-August. At this time, excitement with a force of 1-3 points prevails. The level of the White Sea experiences periodic semi-diurnal tidal fluctuations and non-periodic surge changes. The greatest surges are observed in the autumn-winter season with north-western and north-eastern winds. The level rise can reach 75-90 cm. The strongest surges are observed in winter and spring with southwestern winds. The level at this time decreases by 50-75 cm. The seasonal variation of the level is characterized by its low position in winter, a slight increase from spring to summer, and a relatively rapid increase from summer to autumn. It reaches its highest position in October, followed by a decline.

In the mouth areas of large rivers, seasonal level fluctuations are determined mainly by the distribution of river flow throughout the year. Every winter, the White Sea is covered with ice, which completely disappears in the spring, so it belongs to the seas with seasonal ice cover (Fig. 23). Ice appears earliest (around the end of October) at the mouth of the Mezen, and later (in January) at the Tersky coast of Voronka and Gorlo. The ice of the White Sea is 90% floating. The entire sea is covered with ice, but it is not a continuous cover, but constantly drifting ice, thickened in places and thinned in others under the influence of winds and currents. A very significant feature of the ice regime of the White Sea is the constant removal of ice into the Barents Sea. Associated with it are polynyas, constantly forming in the middle of winter, which are quickly covered by young ice.

Thus, in the sea, ice formation prevails over melting, which is reflected in the thermal state of the sea. As a rule, floating ice has a thickness of 35-40 cm, but in severe winters it can reach 135 and even 150 cm. Fast ice in the White Sea occupies a very small area. Its width does not exceed 1 km. The earliest (at the end of March) the ice disappears in Voronka. By the end of May, usually the entire sea is free of ice, but sometimes complete clearing of the sea occurs only in mid-June.

Hydrochemical conditions. The water of the White Sea is richly saturated with dissolved oxygen. At the beginning of summer, supersaturation with oxygen is observed in the surface layers, amounting to 110-117%. By the end of this season, under the influence of the rapid development of zooplankton, the oxygen content decreases. In the deep layers, the amount of dissolved oxygen during the year is 70-80% of saturation.

The regime of nutrients is characterized by maintaining stratification all year round. The amount of phosphates increases towards the bottom. An increased content of nitrates is observed in the region of the “cold pole”. In spring and summer, depletion of biogenic salts in the photosynthesis zone is usually observed. The 0–25 cm layer is almost completely free of biogenic elements from June to September. In winter, on the contrary, they reach their maximum values. A special feature of the hydrochemistry of the White Sea waters is their exceptional richness in silicates, which is associated with abundant river runoff, with which a lot of silicon enters the sea.

Economic use.
Economic activities in the White Sea are currently associated with the use of its biological resources and work maritime transport. This sea is characterized by a variety of organic resources extracted for economic needs. Fish farming, sea animals and algae fishing are developed here. The species composition of fish catches is dominated by navaga, White Sea herring, smelt, cod, and salmon. In recent years, the harvest of harp seals on the ice of the White Sea has been resumed, and the hunt for ringed seals and beluga whales continues. Algae is being extracted and processed at the Arkhangelsk and Belomorsk algae plants.

In the future, it is planned to use tidal energy and build a tidal power plant in the Mezen Bay. The White Sea is an important transport basin for the country with a significant volume of cargo traffic. The structure of cargo flows is dominated by timber and timber exported through Arkhangelsk, the largest port on the White Sea. In addition, construction materials, various equipment, fish and fish products, chemical cargoes, etc. are transported. Passenger transportation on domestic routes and maritime tourism services occupy a significant place.

Small in size, but diverse and complex in natural conditions, the White Sea has not yet been fully studied and many diverse problems remain for its further study. The most important hydrological problems include the general circulation of water, primarily the development of clear ideas about constant currents, their distribution and characteristics. It is very important to find out the relationship between wind, tidal and convective mixing in different parts of the sea, especially in the Gorlo-Basein border region, which will clarify the existing information about the formation and ventilation of deep sea waters. An important issue is the study of the ice balance of the sea, since its thermal and ice conditions are associated with it. Deepening hydrological and hydrochemical research will make it possible to successfully solve issues of preventing sea pollution, which is an urgent task of our time.

Kuzova Archipelago White Sea

PLACES OF POWER AND LEGENDS OF THE WHITE SEA

In Kandalaksha, washed from the southeast by the waters of the White Sea, there is a legend about a wonderful bell that sank in the taiga Niva River. On its banks, even in the distant pagan era, there were sanctuaries dating back, perhaps, to the Stone Age. The ringing of the bell hidden here is not heard by sinners. But, as the legend says, someday they too will hear this ringing. Then the original heavenly state of these lands, fragments of the legendary Hyperborea, will return. Gerard Mercator's map reproduces the outlines of the disappeared northern land. The inscription on the map says that it is based on the testimony of the knights of King Arthur - seekers of hidden shrines, as well as on data from polar travelers. Mercator notes that they all reached the furthest reaches of the polar earth "through the art of magic."

If you look closely at the outlines of the “Scandinavian” part of Hyperborea on the Mercator map and superimpose it on the map of modern Scandinavia, you will find amazing correspondences: mountain range, running along Norway and coincides with the mountains of Hyperborea; and the Hyperborean river that flows from these mountains follows the contours of the Gulf of Bothnia in the northern part of the Baltic Sea. It turns out that perhaps the southern border of Hyperborea passed through Ladoga and Lake Onega, through Valaam and turned north to the spurs of the middle ridge of the Kola Peninsula, that is, to where ancient mountains destroyed by time rise above the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea.

Thus the shrines Russian North are in Hyperborea - if Kola Peninsula and the White Sea can indeed be considered its preserved part. and the magical cliffs of Valaam were once islands in an ocean bay off the coast of Hyperborea. Apparently, it was not without reason that the mystical feeling of the northern monks found them different sacred names: New Jerusalem- for the harsh Solovetsky Islands and Northern Athos - for the hidden Valaam. It was the New Jerusalem, the city that was bequeathed to the coming centuries, that I saw Solovetsky Monastery Monk Hypatiy in a prophetic vision back in 1667 - shortly before the beginning of the tragic “Solovetsky sitting”. The next act of the northern mystery is the appearance of the Old Believer Vygov desert (also on the ancient Hyperborean coast). Vygoretsia also perished, under whose “quick moss” the poet Nikolai Klyuev placed the underground “Cathedral of the Holy Fathers.” “Let our North seem poorer than other lands,” wrote N.K. Roerich, let his ancient face be hidden. Let people know little that is true about him. The tale of the North is deep and captivating. The northern winds are vigorous and cheerful. The northern lakes are brooding. Northern rivers are silvery. The darkened forests are wise. The green hills are seasoned. Gray stones in circles are full of miracles...” Gray stones in circles - labyrinths - and other ancient megalithic structures located on the shores of the White Sea and on the islands of the Solovetsky archipelago are the greatest mystery of the North.

White nights on the White Sea

The White Sea is the sacred sea of ​​the North, keeping many secrets. It is possible that the original meaning of its name, known only to a few, is related to the celestial sphere, since in semantics “white” color is heavenly, divine. At first glance, it could get the name White from the color of the snow and ice that covers it in winter.

But this is equally true for any northern sea and therefore does not sound particularly convincing. According to Murmansk toponymist A.A. Minkin, during its history the White Sea has changed 15 names! Let's try to figure out why it is called White. The peoples of the East have long had a color symbolism of orientation, where the color black corresponded to the north. And the Slavic peoples designated the north as white and the south as blue. Therefore, long before the Tatar invasion, the Russians called the Caspian Sea the Blue Sea. It can be assumed that, according to color symbolism, the White Sea is the North Sea.

In the Novgorod charters of the 13th-15th centuries, the White Sea was simply called the Sea, and in the “Charter of Veliky Novgorod of the 15th century” it is indicated as the Okiyan Sea. The Pomors called the White Sea Icy “due to its natural properties,” and this name was most common both in chronicles and in folklore. It was first put on the map under the name of the White Sea (Mare Alburn) by Peter Plaitsius in 1592. In May 1553, on the ship Edward Bonaventure under the command of Barrow, the British entered the White Sea for the first time, dropping anchor at the mouth of the Northern Dvina. The team included a cartographer who, a year after the second voyage to the White Sea, compiled a handwritten map of the sea, without giving it any name. In 1617, the Treaty of Stolbovo was concluded between Sweden and Russia, in a special “clarification” to which the “conditions for fishing” in the Seversk Sea were stipulated by both countries. This is how the White Sea is called in this case.

Speaking about the White Sea, one cannot ignore the northernmost channel of Russia, which connects the White Sea and Baltic Sea. Back in the 16th century, two Englishmen decided to connect the channels of the Vygi and Povenchanka rivers with a canal. Everything, as usual, remains only on paper. In the 16th - 18th centuries, there was a path at this place, passing through Povenets and Sumsky Posad and leading to the shrines of the Solovetsky Monastery. Over the summer, up to 25,000 pilgrims traveled along this route to the monastery in light boats along lakes and rivers, and sometimes along portages. At the beginning of the 18th century, in this place, thousands of Russian men paved the famous “Osudarev Road”, along which Peter I dragged his ships, led his army and defeated the Swedes near the Noteburg fortress.

In the 19th century, the idea of ​​building a canal was approached three times under Paul I, then again in the 30s and 50s of the same century. It is interesting that in 1900, at the Paris Exhibition for the canal project, Professor V.E. Timanov received a gold medal. However, the brilliant project was shelved. But the first World War proved the need for a canal for the Russian fleet, which was locked in the Baltic Sea. On February 18, 1931, the Council of Labor and Defense of the USSR decided to begin construction of the canal. In October 1931, construction of the canal began along the entire route: from Povenets to Belomorsk. According to archival data, 679 thousand prisoners and exiled kulaks were sent to build the White Sea Canal; the White Sea Baltlag became one of the largest camps in the OGPU system. In 1933, the canal, 227 kilometers long, was included in the number of operating internal routes of the USSR. It was built in just 20 months. Very short term, especially considering that the 164-kilometer Suez Canal was built in 10 years, and the half-size (81 kilometer) Panama Canal took 12 years to build.

In the White Sea region everything is mixed - antiquity and modernity. Many archaic layers of North Sea culture to this day remain inaccessible to researchers, including secret Pomeranian knowledge and legends passed down orally from father to son and from him to subsequent generations. Exactly the same tales and legends have existed in the Urals from time immemorial. At the end of the 30s of the 20th century, the famous Ural writer Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (1879-1950) managed to publish their literary treatment. The history of the creation of Bazhov’s tales is striking and instructive. This happened to a certain extent by accident. In 1939, Bazhov’s friends and relatives were hit by a wave of mass repression: several people from his family and journalistic circle were arrested. The logic of events dictated that he would be next. Then Bazhov, without hesitation, disappeared from the newspaper editorial office, where he then worked, and hid in a secluded hut with some relative and lived there as a recluse for several months. Having nothing else to do, in order to somehow occupy his time, he began to remember and write down on paper tales that later made up the classic collection “The Malachite Box.” Time passed, those who were hunting for Bazhov were themselves arrested, and the writer returned to everyday activities and decided to publish what he had written during the forced “downtime.” To his own surprise, the publication of Ural tales aroused enormous interest, and Bazhov overnight became incredibly popular and famous.

Similar tales existed among the Pomors. Unfortunately, they were not written down - especially the sacred part of them. Separate hints are contained in the poetry and prose of Nikolai Klyuev (1884 - 1937) - a northerner by origin and spirit, who glorified the White Sea region in his poems and poems. Klyuev wrote about himself in his autobiographical materials:
“...The coniferous lips of Pomerania spat me out into Moscow.<...>
From the Norwegian coast to Ust-Tsylma,
From Solovki to the Persian oases, the crane paths are familiar to me. The floodplains of the Arctic Ocean, the Solovetsky wilds and the forests of the White Sea region revealed to me the imperishable treasures of the people's spirit: words, songs and prayers. I learned that the invisible people's Jerusalem is not a fairy tale, but a close and dearest authenticity, I learned that in addition to the visible structure of the life of the Russian people as a state or human society in general, there is a secret hierarchy, hidden from the proud gaze, an invisible church - Holy Rus'.. ."
With him to the Mother See, Klyuev brought the most important thing, the most important thing - the northern fortress of faith and the Hyperborean spirit. (The fact that the poet was familiar with the Hyperborean theme is evidenced by his letter from Tomsk exile to the Moscow actress N.F. Khristoforova-Sadomova dated April 5, 1937 (six months later Klyuev was shot), in which he reports about who knows what fate came to him birch bark book with a mention of Hyperborea:
“...I’m reading an amazing book now. It is written on steamed birch bark [from the word “birch bark”. - V.D.] with Chinese ink. The book is called The Ring of Japheth. This is nothing more than 12th century Rus' before the Mongols.
The great idea of ​​Holy Rus' as a reflection of the heavenly church on earth. After all, this is the very thing that Gogol foresaw in his purest dreams, and especially he, the only one among worldly people. It is curious that in the 12th century magpies were taught to speak and kept in cages in towers, like today's parrots, that the current Cheremis were taken from the Hyperboreans, that is, from Iceland by King Olaf of Norway, the son-in-law of Vladimir Monomakh. It was hot for them in the Kyiv land, and they were released to Kolyvan - the present Vyatka region, and at first they were kept at the Kiev court, as exotics. And many more beautiful and unexpected things are contained in this Ring.
And how many such wonderful scrolls perished in hermitages and secret chapels in the vast Siberian taiga?!” Every phrase here is precious. Even if the lost manuscript of the 12th century was rewritten at a later date, what amazing details are there - both about the training of magpies, and about the bringing of northern foreigners to the court of Vladimir Monomakh (as the Spaniards later brought Indians from the New World to show to their kings). But the main thing is the preserved memory of Hyperborea (no matter what it was actually called and how it related to the aforementioned Iceland - the historical Arctida-Hyperborea also covered Iceland).

Kuzova Archipelago.

Sacred place of ancient people
Sacred place of village religion
Energetically active place

The Kuzova archipelago is located in the White Sea at a distance of approximately 30 km from Rabocheostrovsk. It includes 16 uninhabited islands, the largest of which are considered to be Russian Kuzov, German Kuzov and Oleshin Island. The islands, when viewed from the water, have an original spherical shape, and look like huge ones almost completely submerged in water. stone balls. The islands are mostly tundra, in some places covered with spruce forests. The name of the Body, according to most researchers, comes from the Finnish word “kuusen” i.e. "spruce". The peaks of the islands German Body (140 m) and Russian Body (123 m) rise above the entire nearby water area and have attracted human attention for a long time.
The bodies are rightfully considered one of the most mysterious places On the territory of these deserted and harsh spaces, a huge amount of evidence of the religious activity of ancient people was found. According to historians, the buildings were built approximately 2-2.5 thousand years ago by the ancient Sami who lived on the shores of the White Sea. According to estimates, about 800 stone structures related to the pagan cult worshiped by the inhabitants of this harsh region were discovered on the archipelago. The short distance from the mainland allowed the Sami to freely swim or walk across the ice to perform their rituals. And at the same time it contributed to privacy and preservation of the sacred aura. No places of permanent human residence have been found on the islands. Perhaps that is why a huge number of sacred stones - “seids” and unique stone idols were found here. Objects located on the territory of the archipelago are included in the list of protected historical sites
The largest is Russkiy Kuzov Island. On one of its peaks, Mount Bald, there is a large sanctuary, in the center of which there is a vertically placed granite stone (menhir), nicknamed the “Stone Woman”. It is believed that this stone symbolized one of the supreme deities of the ancient Sami. Sacrifices were made to him by hunters and fishermen who were leaving or returning from fishing. In addition, several burials were found nearby, lined with stone inside and apparently belonging to important members of the tribe.
An even larger sanctuary is located at the top of the high point Large German Body. A whole pantheon of Sami deities was discovered there. Unfortunately, not everything has survived to this day, but what remains allows us to conclude that this was the Central Sanctuary of the ancient Sami. It was here that the main religious events were carried out by pagan shamans. The mountain is simply dotted with “seids” and idols sticking out vertically. There is a legend that explains such a large concentration and is based on real historical events that took place in the 17th century. As they say, a detachment of Swedes (called in the old days simply “Germans”) decided to commit a robbery attack on the Solovetsky Monastery, but due to the outbreak of a storm, they were forced to take refuge on the island of Nemetsky Kuzov. They were not destined to leave this island. Divine wrath protected the Holy Solovetsky monastery, turning the Swedish robbers into stone idols. With a good imagination, you can imagine how the “petrified Germans” have been sitting around an invisible fire on the top for many centuries and waiting for their meal to be ready. The basis of the legend, apparently, was the correspondence of sizes and some external similarity between idols and human figures.
Unfortunately, we were not able to visit the most amazing and most mysterious of the islands of the Archipelago - Oleshin Island. As they say, not only seids and sanctuaries are located here, but also two ancient labyrinths, the Small and the Large.
Both are located on a flat rocky surface approximately 20 meters above sea level (which, by the way, excludes the possibility of using them as fish traps). The small one (diameter about 6 meters) is practically invisible and is only visible in the dense vegetation of the tundra. Nearby is the Great Labyrinth, surprisingly well preserved and measuring 10x12 meters. At least 1000 boulders were used for its construction and the total length of the “path” is about 190 meters. Both labyrinths are considered sacred. According to researchers, they were used for initiation or for communication between shamans and Higher Powers.

Address: , White Sea, Kuzova Archipelago, 15 km west of Rabocheostrovsk
Coordinates: 64°57"52"N 35°12"19"E (Oleshin Island)
Coordinates: 64°57"04"N 35°09"56"E (German Body Island)
Coordinates: 64°56"08"N 35°08"18"E (Russky Kuzov Island)

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“The impudent young king... saw here the path to his dream... Then he ordered this pillar to be established and carved on its stone with his mighty hand: “To Amsterdam-city... (so many) miles... "To Venice-city... (so many) miles."
(Boris Shiryaev. “The Unquenchable Lamp.”)

Book 5. Geography of the Solovetsky region

Chapter 11. White Sea pilotage: Onega Bay and Solovetsky Archipelago

White Sea pilot

Map of the White Sea, which shows the sections of the White Sea Pilot Guide.

"The navigational description of navigation around the Solovetsky Islands is located in the section "Onega Bay" (Chapter 4), which is an integral part of the White Sea Pilot. This specific periodically adjusted publication is called the "White Sea Pilot". The pilot is an official document - a guide for navigation As a rule, it is published by the Ministry of Defense." ( Prourzin Leonid. Arkhangelsk. 03.11.2005)

Onega Bay

Onega Bay (Onezhskiy Zaliv), located west of Dvina Bay, juts into the shore of the White Sea between Cape Gorboluksky (65°10" N, 37°02" E) and Cape Marknavolok, located 59 miles to the W of it, the northern entrance cape of Letneretskaya Bay . The northeastern coast of the bay is called the Onega coast. The southwestern coast of the bay from the mouth of the Onega River to the city of Kem is called the Pomorsky Coast, then the Karelian Coast stretches further north of the city of Kem.

The coast of the bay is overgrown with dense forest, in places close to coastline. The Onega coast is predominantly elevated and made of clay and sand. Several mountains are noticeable at some distance from the coastline. The Pomeranian coast of the bay is low and rocky almost throughout its entire length. Between the Onega River and Sumskaya Bay (64°20" N, 35°25" E) mountains approach the low bank here and there; Some capes formed by the slopes of these mountains are elevated and steep. To the west of Sumskaya Bay the coast is also low; the mountains here retreat far inland, approaching the coast only in the area of ​​the Kem Bay (64°58" N, 34°46" E).

In the middle of the entrance to the bay lie the Solovetsky Islands, dividing the entrance to the bay into two straits: Eastern Solovetskaya Salma and Western Solovetskaya Salma.

On the eastern side of the entrance to the bay there is Zhizhginsky Island, separated from the shore by the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait.

Along the Pomeranian coast of the bay there are many islands, islets and rocky banks scattered, forming a strip of skerries, the width of which in some places reaches 20 miles. In the middle part of the bay, seaward of the edge of the skerries, there are also several islands; the largest of them are the islands of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy and Maly Zhuzhmuy. Large islands are overgrown with forest, small islands are mostly devoid of vegetation, made of granite and in places covered with a layer of peat.

The shores of the bay, especially the Pomeranian bay, are indented by many lips and bays. Most lips are shallow; Small lips usually dry out completely or to a large extent.

Many rivers flow into the bay; the largest of them, the Onega River, flows into the top of the bay. Rivers are generally not navigable; only a few of them are accessible to ships with shallow draft, and even then only within the estuary. In front of the river mouths there are drying bars, in some places very extensive.

Depths and bottom topography. The depths in most of the Onega Bay are less than 50 m. In the middle part of the bay there are vast areas with depths of less than 20 m. The Onega coast of the bay is deeper than the Pomeranian coast.

The bottom of the bay is uneven, especially in the area of ​​the skerries bordering the Pomeranian coast of the bay. When swimming in the bay, the 20 m isobath is cautionary; This isobath should always be crossed with caution, as there are dangers immediately beyond it.

Tidal currents. The tidal current directed to Onega Bay from the NE from the sea basin, near the Solovetsky Islands, is divided into three streams: eastern, middle and western.

The eastern stream is directed into the bay along the Eastern Solovetskaya Salma Strait and throughout the entire length of the strait presses ships to the Onega coast and Cape Letniy Orlov (64°55" N, 36°27" E). The ebb current, directed from the bay to the sea basin along the Eastern Solovetskaya Salma Strait, pulls ships into the Anzerskaya Salma Strait and presses them against the Anzersky Island.

The middle stream of the tidal current is directed into the bay along the Anzerskaya Salma Strait, separating the Anzersky and Solovetsky islands. Coming out of the strait, the middle stream again takes its original direction to the SW and, having passed the island of Bolshaya Muksalma, merges with the eastern stream, forming strong ripples on the southeastern side of this island.

The western stream of the tidal current is directed into the bay along the Western Solovetskaya Salma Strait and presses the ships to the Kem skerries; The speed of the tidal current reaches 2.5 knots. The ebb current directed into the sea basin along this strait presses the ships to the South Kemsky and Northern Kemsky stams, which lie on the eastern side of the strait. Coming out of the Western Solovetskaya Salma Strait, the stream of the tidal current divides into two branches, one of which follows among the skerries along the Pomeranian coast, and the other heads towards the Onega coast, merging with the eastern stream emerging from the Eastern Solovetskaya Salma Strait and directed to the SW.

The general stream of the tidal current, formed by the merger of the western and eastern streams, is directed along the Onega coast, first to the S, and then to the SE, spreading south of the cape Chesmensky (64°43" N, 36°32" E) across the entire width of the bay. In the middle part of the bay, the tidal current follows to the SE up to the mouth of the Onega River, the coastal part of the current is directed all the time along the Onega coast.

The tidal current also enters the skerries from the NE, and then it turns to the S and SE, taking the same direction as in the outer part of the bay. In the narrows between the islands of the skerries, the current is divided into numerous jets flowing in different directions; When two or more jets meet, strong ripples are formed. Visible breakers appear over numerous rocky banks and underwater cliffs, and the current pushes ships against these dangers. When currents change, minor ripples form in the skerries.

The ebb current follows in the opposite direction.

Ice mode. The area at the entrance to Onega Bay, the straits between the Solovetsky Islands and the northern part of the bay, mainly its eastern half, do not freeze, but are covered with drifting hummocky ice, forming stamukhs and ropakis on the shallows and banks.

Only the top of the bay east of the line connecting Cape Glubokiy (64°20" N, 37°20" E) with the mouth of the Kusherek River, located 31 miles to the S from it, is covered with ice. But here, too, very often in winter, with northwestern strong winds, the ice breaks, and when southern winds The current carries the ice to shallows, banks and stamikas, forming stamukhs and ropakis on them.

Pilotage service. Navigation to the ports of Onega and Kem, located in the Onega Bay, is usually carried out under the guidance of a pilot. Vessels entering the bay through the Eastern Solovetskaya Salma Strait and heading to the port of Onega receive the pilot in the area of ​​the Karelian light buoy No. 1 (63°57.4" N, 37°42.5" E), which is the receiving buoy of the Karelian fairway.

Onega shore of the bay

In the area of ​​Cape Ukhtnavolok (65°09" N, 36°51" E) the mountains come close to the coast, and to the south of the cape they gradually retreat into the interior of the mainland. The coast between Cape Ukhtnavolok and Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay (64°58" N, 36°48" E) is steep; to the west of the bay to Cape Letniy Orlov and further south to Cape Chesmensky (64°43" N, 36°32" E) the coast is low. Between Cape Chesmensky and the mouth of the Onega River, the coast descends to the sea in two terraces and ends in a narrow beach.

The described shore is little indented in comparison with the Karelian and Pomeranian shores of the bay; Only a few lips protrude into it, the largest of which are the Letnyaya Zolotitsa, Konyukhova, Pushlakhta, Ukhta and Kyandskaya lips. There are few islands off the coast; all of them, with the exception of Zhizhginsky Island, are small, lying in the southern part of the bay and in front of the entrance to the mouth of the Onega River.

The Onega coast of the bay, compared to the Pomeranian coast, is deeper and bordered by a significantly smaller number of dangers. For this reason, navigation on ships with deep draft is carried out mainly along this coast, and the entrance to the bay is through the Eastern Solovetskaya Salma Strait. The depths near the Onega coast are quite large, especially in its northern part. Seaward of the 20 m isobath, the bottom is relatively flat, there are few isolated dangers. You should cross the 20 m isobath carefully, as there are many dangers between it and the shore. The soil along the shore is mainly stone and sand with stones; away from the shore there is silt and sand.

You can anchor at the Zhizhginsky and Lesnaya Osinka islands (64°09" N, 37°09" E), in the Letnyaya Zolotitsa, Konyukhova and Pushlakhta bays, at the Letniy Orlov and Chesmensky capes, before the mouth of the Lyamtsa River. Depending on the direction of the wind and the draft of the vessel, you can anchor at other capes.

Notable points. When sailing along the Onega coast of the bay, landmarks can serve as: Zhizhginsky Island, yellow sandy cliffs near the mouth of the Zolotitsa River, Capes Letniy Orlov and Chesmensky, as well as the islands of Pulonets (64°14" N, 37°03" E), Lesnaya Osinka and Purluda (64°14" N, 37°21" E).

From Cape Gorboluksky to Cape Ukhtnavolok the coast, extending 5 miles to WSW, is little indented. It is bordered by a shoal with depths of less than 50 m, up to 7 miles wide, on which islands, rocks and banks with depths of 0.4-19 m are scattered.

2.5 miles to the NNW from Cape Ukhtnavolok lies the Zhizhginsky Island, separated from the mainland coast by the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait.

Cape Gorboluksky(Mys Gorbolukskiy) (65°10" N, 37°02" E) is the eastern entrance cape of Onega Bay. The cape is noticeable due to the hill covered with forest located on it. The cape is flat and rocky. The forest boundary in the cape area runs approximately 5 kbt from the coastline; To the west of the cape, the forest gradually approaches the shore.

The drainage area at the cape is about 1 kbt wide.

Cape Ukhtnavolok (Mys Ukhtnavolok), low and covered with forest, is located 4.5 miles WSW from Cape Gorboluksky. The tip of Cape Ukhtnavolok is a narrow sandy and rocky spit, stretching 2.5 kbt north into the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait. Directly south of the cape rises a mountain (65°08" N, 36°51" E); The top of the mountain is rounded, and the slopes facing the sea are gentle. There are buildings on the shore 2.7 miles to the S and 1.5 miles to the E of the cape.

Zhizhginsky Island(Ostrov Zhizhginskiy) (65°12" N, 36°49" E). The shores of the island are sandy and rocky. A mountain rises in the middle of it; The northern, western and eastern slopes of this mountain are steep, and the southern slope is sloping. Thanks to the mountain, the island is easily identifiable. The slopes of the mountain and low areas of the island are overgrown with bushes. When approaching from the west and east, the island has a wedge-shaped shape.

On the eastern shore of the island there are buildings, most of which are in a dilapidated state; There are also separate buildings on the northern shore. A pier is equipped on the eastern coast of the island 2.1 kbt WSW from Cape Livteikha (65°12" N, 36°50" E). The width of the pier is 12.5 m. The length of the berth wall of the pier is 33.5 m, the depth along it is 1.2-1.5 m. At the beginning of low tide, ships standing at the pier should move to the anchorage located on the line of Vodonosny (65 °11.8" N, 36°48.8" E).

Several drying bays jut into the shores of the island. From the narrow Cape Paletskiy (Mys Paletskiy), which is the northeastern tip of the island, the drying rocky Churnavolokskaya Kosa stretches 1 mile to the NNE, at the tip of which lies the rocky islet of Churnavolok.

The island is bordered by a sandbank with depths of less than 5 m, on which rocks and banks are scattered. The coastal part of the sandbank is drying out, and near the northern and eastern shores the drying area is up to 2.5 kbt wide.

Tidal currents. Near Zhizhginsky Island the tidal current is directed to the SW; from the southwestern side of the island it follows into the bay at a speed of about 1 knot, and from the northwestern side - at a speed of 1.5-2 knots. Near the island the current speed is low. Currents change clockwise. The ebb current on the eastern side of the island is directed to NNE and NE and has a speed of 1-1.5 knots 1 mile from the coast.

Lighthouse Zhizhginsky(Zhizhginskiy Lighthouse) (65°12.2" N, 36°49.1" E) is installed on a mountain (closer to its northern slope) in the middle part of Zhizhginsky Island. When approaching the island from the north, the lighthouse appears to be standing in the middle of a flat, but wide, steep-sided mountain.

At the lighthouse there is a radio beacon and a sound signaling installation.

Luminous sign Zhizhginsky(Zhizhginskiy Light-Beacon) is installed on the northwestern coast of the island, 1.3 kbt NW from the Zhizhginsky lighthouse. The Zhizhginsky shining sign forms an alignment with the Zhizhginsky lighthouse (alignment direction 312.9°-132.9°). The light of the luminous sign shines in the direction of the target.

Luminous sign Churnavoloksky(Churnavolokskiy Light-Beacon) is installed on the island of Churnavolok.

Jar with a depth of 10.6 m lies 2.5 miles NE from the islet of Churnavolok. The Churnavolokskiy Light-Buoy is located 1.4 miles NNW from the islet of Churnavolok.

Alignment of luminous signs Aquifer(Vodonosnyy Leading Lights), installed near Lake Vodonosnoye (Ozero Vodonosnoye) on the eastern shore of Zhizhginsky Island, 4 kbt N from Cape Chernyayevsky (Mys Chernyayevskiy), the southern tip of Zhizhginsky Island, leads to the island from the east to the intersection with the Pristansky alignment; alignment direction 95.8°-275.8°.

Alignment of luminous signs Pristansky(Pristanskiy Leading Lights), installed on the eastern shore of Zhizhginsky Island 2 kbt to WSW from Cape Livteikha, leads to the pier from the Vodonosny alignment; alignment direction 130.9° - 310.9°.

Buoy is set 2.4 kbt S from Cape Livteikha at the intersection point of the Vodonosny and Pristansky sections.

Anchor places. In case of storm winds from N, NE and E, ships can settle off the southern, southwestern and western coasts of Zhizhginsky Island, and in winds from W and NW - off the eastern coast of the island. Caution should always be used when approaching the island.

When anchoring off the northwestern coast of the island, you need to be careful not to drop anchor on a steep coastal slope, since the depths increase sharply to the west of the island. It should be taken into account that as you approach the island, the depths decrease sharply.

On the southern and eastern coasts of the island, large ships should anchor so that with a change in wind they can quickly weigh anchor and go to sea. It can be difficult for ships anchored off the southern coast of the island when the wind changes to the SW and for ships anchored off the eastern coast when the wind changes to the NE to weigh anchor and go to sea.

Vessels with a draft of no more than 3 m can anchor anywhere near Zhizhginsky Island, with the exception of the area located north of the island, where you can lose your anchor among many reefs. For loading and unloading, ships anchor off the eastern shore of the island on the Vodonosny line, leaving to the NE Korg-Livteich jar(Banka Korga Livteikha), to SW jar of Korg-Obedenka(Banka Korga Obedenka). The depth here is about 10 m.

Leads to the anchorage, located off the northwestern coast of the island. alignment of the Zhizhginsky luminous sign with the Zhizhginsky lighthouse; alignment direction 312.9°-132.9°.

Milestone exhibited off the northwestern coast of Zhizhginsky Island, 6 kbt W from Cape Bystryy (65°13" N, 36°49" E).

Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait(Proliv Zhizhginskaya Salma) separates Zhizhginsky Island from the shore of the mainland. Despite the relatively large width of the strait, its fairway, narrowed by shallows, is very narrow and winding. The fairway is accessible to ships with a draft of up to 5.4 m.

Swimming through the strait at night is not recommended. The tidal current is directed into the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait from NE 30 to SW; its speed is 1.5-2 knots.

The fairway of the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait is equipped with alignment signs, a luminous sign and is fenced with milestones.

Warning. When sailing along the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait, you must go strictly along the lines, as there are dangers on the sides of the fairway.

Luminous sign of Pulkorg(Pulkorga Light-Beacon) (65°09.9" N, 36°51.1" E) is installed on the rocky low island of Pulkorga (Ostrovok Pulkorga). Sign destroyed (1995).

Instructions for sailing along the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait. When going to the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait from the east, you need to lie down on alignment of signs First(Pervyy Leading Beacons) (65°09.9" N, 36°51.1" E) (target direction 14.4°-194.4°) and go to point 65°10.4" N, 36°51 ,4" E. At this point you should set a course of 228° and go between the shallows with depths of less than 5 m, protruding to the N from Cape Ukhtnavolok and to the SE from Zhizhginsky Island, leaving a milestone to the NW (65° 10.4" N, 36°51.4"E). Arriving at alignment of signs Third Ondrikovsky entrance(Tretiy Ondrikovskiy Entrance Leading Beacons) (65°09.7" N, 36°57.6" E) (target direction 277.8°-97.8°), you need to go to this target, bringing it along the stern, and go leaving the N milestone (65°10.4" N, 36°48.0" E), enclosing a bank with a depth of 2.8 m from the W. After this milestone comes abeam, you need to go another 1 mile and then set a course depending on your destination.

Following from the bay along the Zhizhginskaya Salma Strait, you need to arrange the courses in the reverse order, i.e. first go on a course of 97.8° along the Third Ondrikovsky entrance to the point 65°10.1" N, 36°50.8" E, at at this point, set a course of 48° and go to point 65°10.4" N, 36°51.1" E; from here, going out to the first alignment and leading it along the stern, follow this alignment to the exit from the strait.

From Cape Ukhtnavolok to Cape Letniy Orlov the coast extends 17 miles to the S.W.; The northern part of the coast is little indented; the Letnyaya Zolotitsa and Konyukhova lips jut into its southern part.

The mountains in the area of ​​Cape Ukhtnavolok come close to the coast, and then retreat into the interior of the mainland and stretch in a wavy ridge to the south. Between Cape Ukhtnavolok and Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay, the coast gradually decreases from north to south; in places it is bordered by a narrow sandy beach. Further to the west, to Cape Letniy Orlov, the coast is low, sandy and rocky. This section of the coast is covered with dense forest, which in some places comes close to the coastline.

The coastline is bordered along almost its entire length by dry land, which in some places is up to 4 kbt wide. There are isolated hazards within 1.5 miles of shore.

Cape Kostylikha, low and rocky, covered with grass, is located 2 miles SSW from Cape Ukhtnavolok. To the E from Cape Kostylikha rises a forest-covered hill with gentle slopes. The cape is deep. There is a hut near the cape.

On the northern side of the cape there is a cove accessible to ships with a draft of up to 1 m.

To the south of the cape there are many drying stones scattered over which breakers form.

Guba Letnyaya Zolotitsa(Guba Letnyaya Zolotitsa) juts into the coast between the low Cape Pyartnavolok (Mys Pyartnavolok) (65°00" N, 36°49" E) overgrown with mixed forest and the low Cape Satanskiy (Mys Satanskiy) located 3.7 miles to SSW from it ). Guba is recognized from 12-13 miles by a wide yellow sandy arched hollow and the buildings of the village of Letnyaya Zolotitsa (64°57" N, 36°50" E), located on the right bank of the Zolotitsa River.

The shores of the bay are bordered by sandy and rocky dry land up to 1 kilometer wide.

The bottom of the lip is flat, the depths increase gradually from the shore. Depths at the entrance to the bay are 7-20 m, in the middle part 11-17 m; no dangers found here. From Cape Pyartnavolok 2 miles to the W and from Cape Satansky 2 miles to the N there are shallows with depths of less than 10 m, where there are individual dangers. The lip is protected from winds blowing from ENE to SSW.

Navigation aids. A fairway equipped with a range of luminous signs leads to Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay. Some dangers are protected by milestones.

Jar rocky with a depth of 8.4 m lies 1.5 miles NW from Cape Pyartnavolok.

Jar with a depth of 5.6 m lies 1.1 miles W of Cape Pyartnavolok.

Banks Satanic Corgi(Banki Satanskiye Korgi) rocky with depths of 0.2-3.8 m are located on shallows with depths less than 10 m NW from Cape Satansky. In this area, 1.2 miles NW from Cape Satansky, there are isolated drying stones.

Zolotitsa River(Reka Zolotitsa) flows into the top of Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay 1.6 miles ENE from Cape Satansky. The banks of the river for 2.7 kbt above the mouth are bordered by sandy and rocky dry land 10-20 m wide; The river bottom at the mouth is sandy and rocky.

There is a bar in front of the river entrance. On a bar 1 kilometer from the mouth there is a small sandy drainage area, which is clearly visible when approaching the mouth in low water. Depths on the bar are 0.1-0.9 m. With winds from W and NW, breakers are observed above the bar. Small vessels with a draft of up to 1.2 m can enter the river in full water.

A narrow hole 350 m long and 15-35 m wide stretches up from the mouth parallel to the right bank of the river; The depth here is 1-3 m, the soil is stone and silty sand. In the middle of the pit there is a passage leading to the anchorage and to the pier located on the right bank of the river 0.8 kbt above the mouth.

The current speed in the river is 1 knot. The tide in it extends 1.6 kbt above the mouth. The speed of the tidal current at the river mouth is weak, the speed of the ebb current reaches 3.5 knots.

Berth equipped on the right bank of the river 0.8 kbt above the mouth on a sunken ship. The length of the berth is 30 m, width 10 m, depth along it 0.8 m.

Village Letnyaya Zolotitsa(Letnyaya Zolotitsa) is located on the right bank of the Zolotitsa River, 4.2 kbt above the mouth. There is a bakery, a first aid station and a post office.

Overhead cable thrown across the Zolotitsa River at an altitude of 15 m, 4.4 kbt above the mouth.

Anchor places. In Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay, anchorage points are located NW from the mouth of the Zolotitsa River in the area of ​​the Letne-Zolotitsky gage. Depths 7-9 kbt from the mouth of the river 14-16 m, 5 kbt from the mouth 9-14 m, 4 kbt from the mouth 5-10 m. The soil is fine sand.

The anchorages are well protected from winds blowing from ENE to SSW.

The anchorage in the Zolotitsa River is located in a hole opposite the pier 0.8 kbt SE from its mouth. The depths here are 1-2 m; soil - silty sand. The anchorage area is protected from winds from all directions.

Milestone exhibited in the anchorage area 5.9 kbt NW from the mouth of the Zolotitsa River.

Instructions for entering Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay and the Zolotitsa River. Vessels heading to Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay, having rounded Zhizhginsky Island from the north, on the parallel of the Zhizhginsky lighthouse, should set a course with the expectation of passing Cape Pyartnavolok 2 miles away. Before reaching the parallel of Cape Pyartnavolok, you need to identify the mouth of the Zolotitsa River and Target of shining signs Letne-Zolotitsky(Letne-Zolotitskiy Leading Lights) (64°57.4" N, 36°49.3" E); alignment direction 310.2°-130.2°. Having arrived at this target, you need to lie down on it and follow to the anchor place.

When going to Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay from Letniy Orlov Cape and being careful of the Satan Corgi cans, you should not approach the section of the coast between the Mys Tolstyye Korgi capes (64°56" N, 36°40" E) and Satansky for a distance of less than 2 miles . You need to go around the milestone enclosing the Satanskie Corgi bank from the N. Having identified the alignment signs, you must enter the bay along the Letne-Zolotitsky alignment.

You should also exit the lip along the route, being careful of the Satanic Corgi cans and the dangers lying on the north-eastern side of the entrance.

When sailing from Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay to Cape Letniy Orlov, you cannot set a course of 270° until Cape Satansky comes to a bearing of 180°, and Cape Tolstye Korgi - to a bearing of 217°. When heading to Zhizhginsky Island, you cannot turn right before Cape Tolstye Corgi comes to a bearing of 217°, and the milestone enclosing the Satanskie Corgi banks remains to the S or even to the SE.

Vessels entering the river must, 1 hour before the moment of full water in the river, from the anchorage place (64°57.9" N, 36°47.9" E) take a course of 154° and go into the river, guided by buildings, located on the right bank of the river mouth, leaving a sandy drainage 25 m to the right, lying 1 kbt NW from the mouth.

Local residents enter the river following local landmarks.

Guba Konyukhova juts into the coast 4 miles WSW from Cape Satansky. The eastern entrance cape of the bay is Cape Thick Korgi. The low-lying sandy and rocky shores of the bay are completely overgrown with coniferous forest approaching the coastline.

The banks of the bay are bordered almost along the entire length by dry land, the width of which does not exceed 1 kbt.

A small cape, Mys Pushlakhotskiye Korgi (64°54.0" N, 36°35.8" E), protrudes from the middle of the southern coast of the bay.

In the middle part of the bay and at the entrance to it the depth is 10-14 m. The soil in the bay is mostly silt, as well as fine sand and stone.

Between the shore and the 10 m isobath lies a series of banks with depths of 1-5 m, there are underwater and drying stones and a drying sand bank.

Jar with a depth of 1.6 m lies 5 kbt NW from Cape Tolstye Korgi.

Anchor places. Konyukhova Bay is convenient for anchorage during stormy winds from E to SW. It is convenient to settle in the lip when ice moves from Onega Bay. However, it should be borne in mind that at high tide and northern winds I get ice in my lip.

Vessels with a draft of up to 6 m can safely anchor off the south-eastern or southern shore of the bay without going west of the meridian of Cape Pushlakhotskie Korgi.

Vessels with a draft of 4-6 m should not go to depths less than 10 m, since depths decrease sharply closer to the shore. For the same reason, ships with a draft of 2-3 m are not recommended to enter depths less than 5 m.

Instructions for entering Konyukhova Bay. When heading to Konyukhova Bay from the NE, you must leave Cape Satansky at a distance of at least 2 miles to the south, and do not approach Cape Tolstye Korgi closer than 1 mile, being careful of the dangers protruding to the NW of it. When Cape Pushlakhotskie Corgi comes to a bearing of 180°, you need to set a course of 180° and enter the bay, measuring the depths. When anchoring off the southwestern coast of the bay, you should beware of underwater and drying rocks lying to the NW of Cape Pushlakhotskie Korgi. To anchor off the southeastern shore of the bay, you should set a course of 180° until Cape Tolstye Korgi comes abeam, and then set a course of 135° and approach the shore.

When heading to Konyukhova Bay from the NW, you should beware of the Letne-Orlovskaya Bank (64°57" N, 36°30" E). The western entrance cape of the bay is deep, it can be passed in 5 kbt. When anchoring at this cape, you should keep in mind that the depths here decrease very sharply toward the shore.

You should approach the lip at a course of 135°, and enter it at a course of 180°, when the ship arrives at the meridian of Cape Pushlakhotskie Corgi.

You should leave the bay on courses opposite to those above, and you cannot turn to the NW until you have passed bearing 297° to the western entrance cape of the bay. When moving from Konyukhova Bay to Letnyaya Zolotitsa Bay, you cannot turn to the NE until you have passed bearing 110° to Cape Tolstye Korgi.

Bank Letne-Orlovskaya(Banka Letne-Orlovskaya) with a shallowest depth of 7.2 m lies 4.5 miles WNW from Cape Tolstye Korgi.

From Cape Letniy Orlov to Cape Chesmensky(64°43" N, 36°32" E) the coast, extending 12.8 miles to the S, is low and rocky. 5 miles south of Cape Letniy Orlov, Pushlakhta Bay juts into the coast. Between Cape Letniy Orlov and Pushlakhta Bay, the hills in some places approach the shore at a distance of 0.5-1 mile. 2-2.5 miles from the coast there are fairly high, gently sloping wooded hills that stretch from the north to Pushlakhta Bay.

The coast between the Letniy Orlov and Chesmensky capes is bordered by a sandbank with depths of less than 5 m and a width of up to 1.5 miles. The coastal part of the shallows is drying out. There are a lot of banks and drying stones on the shallows, so it is not recommended to cross the 5 m distance. At the northern part of this section of the coast lies the extensive Pushlakhotskaya shoal.

Notable points. When sailing along the coast, landmarks can be: Mount Sechishche (64°54" N, 36°31" E); Mount Malinnitsa, located 9 miles ESE from Mount Sechische, and the valley of Pushlakhta Bay.

Cape Letniy Orlov(Mys Letniy Orlov) (64°55" N, 36°27" E), low and rocky, bordered by a shoal with depths of less than 20 m and a width of up to 2.3 miles. Banks with depths of 3.6-9.6 m are scattered on the shallows.

When approaching from the north and south, the cape opens up in the form of an island. Coming within 1.5 miles of the cape is not recommended.

Lighthouse Letne-Orlovsky(Letne-Orlovskiy Lighthouse) is installed on Cape Letniy Orlov. The lighthouse has a sound alarm system.

Pilot station available at the Letne-Orlovsky lighthouse. The pilot station is mothballed.

Meeting place for pilots(65°03.1" N, 36°32.0" E) for ships with a displacement of up to 100 thousand tons is located 8 miles north of Cape Letniy Orlov. The pilot is delivered by a pilot boat from the port of Onega.

Luminous buoy Letne-Orlovsky(Letne-Orlovskiy Light-Buoy) is exhibited 9 kbt W from Cape Letniy Orlov. The buoy protects the dangers protruding from Cape Letniy Orlov.

With fresh winds from S, SW and W, it is more convenient to anchor to N or NE from Cape Letniy Orlov, but when approaching here you must be careful and measure the depths, since banks lie on the shallows with depths less than 10 m.

Pushlakhotskaya shoal(Pushlakhotskaya Mel") lies in the middle of an extensive shallow with depths of less than 20 m, which protrudes 10 miles NW from the section of the coast between Pushlakhotskaya Bay and Cape Chesmensky. Banks with depths of 3.6-9.4 m are scattered on the shallows, some depths at The banks are unreliable. The soil in the shallow area is yellow sand, silt and small stones and is fenced off with luminous and non-luminous buoys and milestones.

Guba Pushhlakhta is located 5 miles SSE from Cape Letniy Orlov. From the south, the entrance to the bay is limited by the narrow, devoid of vegetation, rocky Cape Tonkiy (Mys Tonkiy) (64°49" N, 36°30" E).

The northeastern shore of the lip is elevated, covered with grass and overgrown with forest. The southwestern coast is low and also covered with forest, with the exception of Cape Tonkiy.

From both entrance capes of the lip shoals protrude, strewn with dangers; from Cape Tonkiy, 9 kbt to the NW, a spit with a depth of less than 5 m stretches. A milestone is set up at the tip of the spit.

In the middle part of the bay, off its northeastern shore, there are two rocky islets devoid of vegetation: the Western Morskoy islet (Ostrovok Zapadnyy Morskoy) (64°49.5" N, 36°31.4" E) and located 1 kbt to ESE from it is the island of Vostochny Morskoy (Ostrovok Vostochnyy Morskoy).

The shallow Pushka River flows into the top of the bay. The houses of the village of Pushlakhta, located on the hill of the left bank of the mouth of the Pushka River, are clearly visible in clear weather, when the sun is in the western half of the horizon.

The lip serves as a good shelter from the wind and waves from NNW through N to W. With winds from W, the waves break on the drying spit, protruding to the WNW from Cape Tonkiy.

Depths in the middle of the entrance to the bay 5-8 m. In the middle part of the bay south of the islands of Zapadny Morskoy and Vostochny Morskoy the depth is 3-4 m; further towards the top and banks they gradually decrease. From the entrance to the bay to the NW there is a depression with depths of more than 8 m.

Tidal currents. The tidal current is directed from Cape Letniy Orlov to the SSE; its speed is up to 1.3 knots. This current pushes ships to an underwater rocky shoal with depths of less than 5 m, protruding from Cape Tonkiy 9 kbt to the NW. Then the current is divided into two jets: one jet is directed into Pushlakhta Bay along its fairway to the SE, the other is directed S along the coast to Cape Chesmensky. The ebb current follows in the opposite direction at the same speed.

Ice mode. The lip becomes covered with ice around the beginning of November. With strong northwest winds, the ice breaks up at the entrance to the bay and is deposited on the coastal shallows; When the tide goes out, the ice is carried out to sea. With the tide and winds from W and NW, ice packs into the lip.

The lip opens in the first days, and sometimes in mid-May.

Navigation aids. The fairway leading to Pushlakhta Bay is equipped with a range of luminous signs.

Anchor places. It is recommended to anchor 5 kbt NW from the Zapadny Morskoy islet. The depths here are 7-8 m; soil - silt. When parked, the powertrain should be started from the stern. During fresh winds from the NW, parking here is unsafe, as a large wave enters the bay.

In the area of ​​this anchorage, the Pushlak-hotskiy Buoy (64°49.8" N, 36°30.5" E) is placed.

Vessels with a draft of no more than 3 m can anchor at 2 kbt with a bearing of 55° to the northern tip of the Vostochny Morskoy islet. The depth here is about 4.5 m; soil - silt and sand.

Instructions for entering Pushlakhta Bay. Being 3 miles at 347° from the Zhizhginsky lighthouse, you need to take a course of 209°, passing 2 miles west of Cape Letniy Orlov, and follow it until the Letne-Orlovsky lighthouse reaches a bearing of 96.5°. Next, you need to set a course of 165° and follow it along the northeastern edge of the Pushlakhotskaya shoal at depths of at least 8.6 m.

Luminous buoy Pushlakhotsky(Pushlakhotskiy Light-Buoy) (64°51.6" N, 36°23.4" E) should remain approximately 1 kbt to the SW. Having reached alignment of luminous signs Pushlakhotsky(Pushlakhotskiy Leading Lights) (64°49.5" N, 36°31.3" E) (aiming direction 302.9°-122.9°), you need to lie on it and enter the lip.

When leaving Pushlakhta Bay, you should go around the Zapadny Morskoy islet from the south at a distance of at least 1 kilometer. Having arrived at the Pushlakhotsky target, you must lead it along the stern. If necessary, go to the port of Onega, you must follow the alignment until the Letne-Orlovsky lighthouse reaches a bearing of 14°, then set a course of 188° and go to Cape Chesmensky. The depths on this course are more than 5.8 m.

When moving from Pushlakhta Bay to the sea basin, you should take courses opposite to those recommended for entering the lip.

Bank Shidrovskaya(Banka Shidrovskaya) with a depth of 4.4 m lies 2.2 miles WSW from Cape Tonkiy. The bank is surrounded by depths of 7-9 m. A milestone is placed to the SW of the bank.

Chapter 4 of the White Sea sailing directions also contains a description of the coast from Cape Chesmensky to the Onega River, which is not given here.

Onega River

The Onega River, high-water and deep in its lower reaches, flows into the top of Onega Bay. The mouth of the river is located between Cape Pikhnemskiy (Mys Pikhnemskiy) (63°57" N, 38°00" E) and Cape Pilskiy (Mys Pil"skiy, located 1.3 miles 5 SSW from it). The mouth of the river is poorly identified from the sea due to low swampy banks overgrown with grass and forest, but is clearly recognizable when moving from the Pikhnemskiy No. 1 Leading Lights alignment (63°57.8" N, 38°02.0" E) to the alignment luminous signs Pikhnemskiy No. 2 (Pikhnemskiy No. 2 Leading Lights) (63°56.4" N, 38°00.7" E) at Timber Export Berths (63°56" N, 38°01" E) on the right bank of the river and pipe (63°55.9" N, 38°02.0" E), as well as along a strip of dark forest stretching on the Pomeranian coast from Cape Pilsky to the village of Vorzogory (63°54" N, 37° 41" E). For more details, see the White Sea Pilot Guide.

Port regulations

The following are excerpts from the Maritime Compulsory Regulations commercial port Onega, port point of Solovki, ed. 2003, a copy of which can be obtained upon arrival at the port. Because the Mandatory Regulations change periodically and may differ from those shown here.

1.2. The requirements of the “Mandatory Regulations” apply to all Russian and foreign ships located in the waters of a port, port point, to their shipowners, as well as to all legal and individuals regardless of departmental affiliation and forms of ownership, carrying out production or other activities in the waters of the port, port point and/or in the territory adjacent to it.

1.9. Vessels enter and leave the port around the clock, except for cases when the movement of vessels in the port waters is prohibited for some reason (difficult hydrometeorological conditions, liquidation of accidents or their consequences, underwater technical work, holding water sports festivals and similar cases when the safety of navigation of ships in the port waters is not ensured or the movement of ships poses a threat to the safety of certain works on it).

Vessels enter and exit the Solovki port point during daylight hours.

1.10. A port or port point accepts vessels with size restrictions, according to the table:

1.10.1. When sailing through the canals of the water area of ​​a port or port point, the draft of vessels should not exceed the following values:

1) From reception buoy No. 1 to berths No. 1-4 - 5.3 m.
2) From the berths of OJSC OLDC to the City roadstead - 4 m.
3) From the City roadstead to the port pier - 2.5 m.
4) From the receiving buoy to the Tamarin pier, Solovki port point - 5.5 m.
5) From the Tamarin pier to the Khetta and Monastyrsky piers, Solovki port point - 3 m.
6) Offshore oil transshipment complex - 18 m.

1.14. All ships located in the waters of a port or port point must fly their national flags.
1.14.1. When the ship moves, regardless of the time of day, the flag is raised on the stern flagpole or on the gaff of the stern mast.
1.14.2. When staying at the berth or roadstead, the flag must be kept raised on the stern flagpole from 8 a.m. to sunset, from April 20 to August 20 - from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
1.14.3. Foreign ships must keep their flag raised on the fore-yard or other most visible place during the entire time they are in port. Russian Federation.

2. Navigation of vessels in the coverage area of ​​the Mandatory Regulations. Swimming rules.

2.1.5. When choosing the speed of movement in the port waters, captains of sea vessels must be guided by the recommendations of the pilot, but under all favorable sailing conditions, the speed of sea vessels should be:

2.1.5.3. When following the Angarsk line of the Solovki port point to the Tamarin berth and further to the Kheta and Monastyrsky berths - up to 8 knots.

Rules for navigation of ships in ice

2.1.28. Navigation of ships in ice conditions begins from the moment the primary forms of ice appear in the water area of ​​the port, port point (end of October - beginning of November) and until the water area freezes.

2.1.28.1. Depending on the ice situation in the White Sea and in the port water area, as well as the availability of icebreaking equipment, the port captain establishes the category of ice strengthening and the power of the SES for ships traveling to the port of Onega, the port point of Solovki or sailing in its water area, which is announced in the PRIP and is brought to the attention of shipowners and/or maritime agents of ships.

2.1.28.2. Vessels that do not have ice reinforcement are prohibited from sailing in the waters of the port and port point of Solovki.

2.2. Pilotage service

2.2.1. Pilotage (pilotage operation) means any passage of a vessel in the waters of the port, port point of Solovki with a pilot on board, as well as pilotage of the vessel in the wake of another vessel on which there is a pilot (pilotage by the leading method).

2.2.1.1. Out-of-port pilotage - pilotage of ships from the anchorage in the Karelian roadstead (63°59.2" N, 37°33.7" E) to the first place of the vessel's anchorage (berth, roadstead) when entering from the sea or from the last place of the vessel's anchorage (berth , roadstead) to the anchorage on the Karelian roadstead when going out to sea.

2.2.1.2. Intra-port pilotage is a pilotage operation in the waters of the port, port point of Solovki when a vessel moves from one berth to another, not adjacent to the first, within the same cargo area; when changing anchorage within one roadstead, as well as when repositioning (pulling) the vessel along the front of adjacent berths at a distance of more than 50 m.

2.2.1.3. The length of the out-of-port route from the Karelian roadstead to the Timber Export Road is 13.1 miles, to the City roadstead is 15.6 miles.

2.2.1.4. The length of off-port pilotage at the port point of Solovki from the pilot meeting point (64°54.8" N, 35°43.5" E) to the turning basin is 10.1 miles, to the anchorage at Pesya Luda Island 8 miles.

2.2.1.5. Pilotage of vessels (tankers) with a displacement of up to 100 thousand tons is mandatory, the length of the pilotage is 74.2 miles.

From the pilot meeting point (65°03.6" N, 36°32.0" E) you should go: course 209° 2.6 miles to point 65°01.3" N, 36°29.2" E; course 233° 10 miles to point 64°55.3" N, 36°10.2" E; course 205° 6.2 miles to point 64°49.6" N, 36°04.0" E; course 138° 22.2 miles to point 64°33.1" N, 36°39.8" E; course 145° 14.7 miles to point 64°20.8" N, 36°58.5" E; course 175° 3.3 miles to point 64°17.6" N, 36°59.3" E; course 133° 12.2 miles to point 64°09.3" N, 37°19.6" E; course 148.5° 3 miles to point 64°06.8" N, 37°23.2" E (RPK Osinka anchorage).

2.2.2. Pilotage in the waters of the port and port point of Solovki is mandatory:

• for all foreign ships, regardless of their gross tonnage;
• for all Russian ships with a gross tonnage of 500 reg. t and more.

2.2.4. Applications for pilotage services are submitted by ship captains directly or through maritime agents to the pilotage service (telephone 2-16-54, on VHF, channel 16, working channel 9, call sign “Onega-radio-5”) or to the duty officer of the IGPK in writing or on VHF , channel 16 (working channel 9), around the clock at the address: 164840, Onega, Kirova Ave., 107, at the following times:

2.2.4.1. When traveling to the port from the sea 48 and 24 hours in advance with subsequent clarification 6 hours in advance.

2.2.4.2. When in port for all types of pilotage services 12 hours in advance with subsequent clarification 6 hours in advance.

2.2.4.3. The application must indicate the following data: name of the vessel, shipowner and maritime agent, flag of the vessel, maximum dimensions of the vessel (length, width, depth), draft bow and stern, time by which the pilot must arrive at the vessel.

2.2.5. In cases of postponement of the start time of work or refusal of pilotage services, the captain of the vessel must notify the pilotage service or ISPC about this no later than 2 hours before the originally announced date. If this condition is not met, the captain of the vessel is obliged to sign a pilot receipt to the pilot who arrived at the previously announced time to collect a fee for a wasted call.

2.2.6. The delivery of pilots to ships and their removal from ships is ensured by:

• on the Karelian roadstead, in the port point of Solovki during the summer navigation period - by pilot vessels “Captain Mityagin” and “Alexander Kuchin”, whose permanent anchorage is the port berth; during other periods of navigation - by port tug or icebreaker. The vessel performing the functions of a pilot vessel maintains a constant watch on VHF, channel 16, call sign - the name of the vessel;
• in the rest of the port water area - by motor vehicle, pilot vessels or port tugs declared by the vessel to perform mooring or other operations.

3.1. Approach Information

3.1.1. Captains of ships traveling to the port of Onega, the port point of Solovki from the sea, are obliged, through shipowners or representatives of the agency company, to provide primary information about the estimated time of approach to the border of the port water area to the checkpoint of the port of Onega (KCP "Onega") and the Onega customs 48 hours, again within 24 hours, followed by clarification within 6 hours.

3.1.1.1. Captains of ships arriving from abroad, in cases of detection on board foreign citizens or stateless persons seeking asylum on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as Russian citizens who are not members of the ship’s crew or passengers, are obliged to immediately, through the shipowner or maritime agent, report this to the Onega control center and provide information to the latter about the vessel’s approach to the border of the water area port within the time limits specified in Art. 3.1.1.

3.1.2. In the initial information about the approach, the captain provides the following information:

• name of the vessel;
• where the ship is coming from (port, port point of last call);
• purpose of entering the port (unloading, loading, equipment, repairs);
• name and quantity of cargo and/or passengers;
• the presence on board of the persons mentioned in Art. 3.1.1.1;
• name of the consignee;
• name of the shipper, if the vessel is only for loading or additional loading;
• draft bow and stern for sea and fresh water.

3.1.2.1. Tanker captains, in addition to the information specified in this article, report the amount of ballast on board (isolated, clean, dirty) and the presence of non-degassed cargo tanks.

3.1.3. If the ship visits the port for the first time, then in the primary information to the port captain, in addition to Art. 3.1.2 the following information is provided:

• flag and port of registry of the vessel;
• the shipowner and his address;
• call sign and IMO identification number;
• gross and net register tonnage;
• the greatest length, width of the vessel and height of the side;
• summer draft of the vessel load line for sea and fresh water.

3.1.4. A vessel with an object in tow (lighter, floating crane, floating dock, etc.) also reports information about the towed object.

3.1.5. The captain of a ship arriving at a port in emergency condition independently or in tow, as well as a ship towing an emergency object, is obliged, in addition to what is specified in Art. 3.1.2, 3.1.3 information, provide data on the nature of the damage, the amount of roll and trim, the state of stability, maneuverability of the damaged ship, taking into account the damage; the need for tugs necessary to tow the vessel through the port waters and other information, at the discretion of the captain, about the condition of the vessel that affects its seaworthiness.

3.1.6. Captains of ships arriving from abroad are obliged, no later than 6 hours before approaching the port border, to inform the sanitary authorities through the maritime agent (ship owner) about the presence of sick or suspected quarantine disease persons on board, about the death of rodents and other information according to the maritime health declaration in accordance with the Rules for sanitary protection of the territory of the Russian Federation.

3.1.7. In case of redirection of the vessel, the captain is obliged, through the shipowner or maritime agent, to notify the port captain and other addressees specified in Art. 3.1.1, and cancel applications submitted to them.

3.2. Arrival registration

3.2.1. All ships arriving at the port from abroad, and foreign ships even if they arrive from another Russian port, are required to undergo border, customs and sanitary control at the berths or roadsteads.

Agencies servicing ships arriving at the port must coordinate in advance with the authorities exercising the above control the place where it will be carried out and inform the captains of the ships and the State Control Committee about this.

In turn, ship captains, when approaching the borders of the port, need to promptly contact their maritime agent and clarify the location of the specified formalities.

3.2.2. All ships arriving at the port, port point of Solovki from the sea are required to register their arrival within 24 hours from the moment of berthing or anchoring at one of the internal roadsteads to the IGPC or can submit the Captain's Testimony, General Declaration, Ship Role through maritime agents, servicing Russian and foreign vessels in the IGPK (Onega, Kirova Ave., 107, tel. 2-16-54) (Solovki village, Severnaya St., 13) around the clock.

3.2.3. To register an arrival at the IGPC, the following must be presented: General Declaration (for ships arriving from abroad) or the Master's Indication for arrival (for all other ships); Ship role; Certificate for the right to sail under the flag of the home port state; Certificate of ownership; Certificate of the minimum crew required to ensure the safety of the vessel; originals of documents issued by the Russian body for technical supervision and classification of ships (Maritime and River Register), or another Russian body for technical supervision, or a foreign classification society, confirming that the ship meets the requirements for maritime safety and environmental protection, and a copy of the cargo manifest (Cargo Deklaration ).

Russian vessels must additionally present a copy of the license for the right to carry out one or another transport activity of their shipowner or directly with this vessel.

3.2.4. If an accident occurs with a ship during a voyage, the captain of the ship, upon arrival at the port, notifies the port captain in writing about this in the General Declaration or the Captain's Statement for Arrival, and also submits a Statement of the Emergency.

3.3. Exit registration

3.3.1. The captains of all vessels intending to sail beyond maritime border port waters (see Article 1.8), are required to obtain permission to go to sea from the ISPC (register departure).

3.3.2.1. Ship captains must inform the ISPC about the upcoming departure to sea at least 12 hours before the expected time of removal from the mooring lines (anchors) and agree with it on the procedure for registering the departure (independently with the ISPC or its representative on board the vessel).

3.3.2.2. The decision on the place of registration of waste is made by the senior state inspector of the IGPK, about which he informs the captain of the vessel no later than 6 hours before the stated estimated time of removal from the moorings or anchor.

3.3.2.3. The captains of ships whose waste will be processed on board are required to check with the ISPC no later than 4 hours in advance about the time the vessel is ready for inspection by a representative of the ISPC.

3.3.2.4. In the event of a postponement of the departure time or refusal, the captain of the vessel must notify the IGPK about this no later than 2 hours before the original stated date. If this condition is not met, the captain of the vessel is obliged to sign a receipt for the collection of a fee for a wasted call to the IGPK inspector who arrived at the previously announced time.

3.3.3. Captains of ships traveling abroad, and of foreign ships also in cases of sailing to another Russian port, are obliged, through maritime agents, to notify the relevant authorities 12 hours in advance about the expected time of presentation of the vessel to the border guard, customs control followed by clarification in 4 and 2 hours.

3.3.4. The captains of all Russian ships must present the vessel to the sanitary and quarantine department (SQD) of the State Epidemiological Surveillance before registering departure to the IGPC. Applications to present the vessel to doctors of North Kazakhstan region are accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the current day and during the working day on the next.

SKO address: Oktyabrsky Ave., 129, tel. 2-36-14.

3.3.5. When the vessel stays in the port for less than 24 hours, all information and applications provided for in Art. 3.3.2-3.3.4, are given immediately upon the ship’s arrival at the port.

3.3.6. If the vessel cannot be ready by the stated deadline for completing certain port formalities for departure, the captain is obliged to notify the relevant services and authorities about this no later than 2 hours before the originally stated deadline, indicate another time for the vessel to be ready, or completely cancel the application.

3.3.7. To register a departure, the following must be submitted to the ISPC: General Declaration (for ships leaving abroad) or the Master's Application for the right to leave (for all other ships); Certificate of safe stowage and securing of cargo or act of acceptance of cargo securing work; fire and sanitary certificates (for Russian ships); Two copies ship role; diplomas and qualification certificates of the crew, as well as ship documents listed in Art. 3.2.3.

3.3.8. The captain of the towed vessel (if the vessel has a crew) arranges the departure independently. In addition to the documents listed in Art. 3.3.7, the Instructions for ensuring the safety of sea towing, approved by the Register or another classification society, should be submitted to the ISPC.

When registering a departure, the captain of the tug, in addition to the documents listed in Article 3.3.7, must present the IGPK Transit Plan, Instructions for Ensuring the Safety of Sea Towing, and if there is no crew on the towed object or there are no certified marine specialists on it, then present an inspection certificate for this object before towing by the towing commission.

3.3.13. Permission to go to sea issued by ISPC is valid for 24 hours.

3.3.14. If, after registering the departure with the ISPC, the ship for some reason was delayed in the port for more than 24 hours or since the time of registration of the departure there were changes in the crew, the captain of the ship is obliged to report this to the ISPC and agree with it on the procedure for re-registration of the waste.

3.3.15. Captains of ships entering the waters of a port or port point from the sea and anchored in the outer roadstead to complete border formalities, shelter from a storm, surrender a patient, receive (surrender) a towed object, receive supplies, must register the arrival and departure through the shipowner or the marine agent by transferring to the port captain information about the vessel provided for in Art. 3.1.2 and 3.1.3, indicating the final destination of the vessel.

3.3.18. Despite the departure registered in the IGPK, the port captain has the right to delay the vessel’s departure to sea in the following cases:

• presenting claims and demands to the vessel from border and customs authorities;
• changes in navigational or hydrometeorological conditions that prevent the ship from leaving the port;
• presentation of property claims to the vessel in the prescribed manner by any city enterprises;
• if it is discovered that the ship has a list of more than 5° or its seaworthiness has deteriorated, which poses a threat to navigation in the port waters.

4.1. Parking of ships in roadsteads

4.1.1. The vessel may anchor in one or another roadstead in agreement with the ISPC or on its direct instructions.

4.1.2. Anchoring of foreign and Russian vessels for border and customs control is allowed at the Karelian roadstead, the Lesoexport roadstead, at the anchorage of the RPK Osinka and at the port berths.

4.1.3. All vessels are prohibited from anchoring:

• when the flood current speed is more than 3 knots;
• with wind force over 6 (wind speed over 12 m/s)
• at a distance of less than 200 m from the place of diving operations; V security zones cables, underwater pipelines and water intakes;
• on fairways and near them, with the exception of cases provided for in Art. 2.1.15.

4.3. Mooring of ships

4.3.1. Captains of ships intending to approach the berth, despite having previously received information about the readiness of the berth to receive a vessel, must independently or through a maritime agent (ship owner) obtain permission from the owner of the berth to approach it.

4.3.2. Before approaching a berth or another vessel moored at the berth, the captain of the vessel must report to the IGPK about the presence or absence of towing support and request permission to approach it.

• there is no permission to approach from the berth owner;
• The ISPC prohibited the approach, regardless of the permission of the berth owner;
• foreign and Russian vessels arriving from abroad have not received permission from border and customs authorities; the approach of other vessels to these vessels or to the berth close (less than 30 m) from their mooring area is also prohibited;
• there are no moorers on the pier;
• Another vessel is mooring at the adjacent berth.

Note. Disembarkation of crew members from the vessel to the pier to receive or release moorings is prohibited.

4.3.5. The approach of ships to the berths should, as a rule, be made with the bow against the tidal current operating at that moment.

4.3.6. Captains of sea vessels, when approaching a berth or another vessel and when leaving them, are required to use port tugs and (or) icebreaking equipment. An application for a tug in the port is submitted no later than 4 hours before the start of the operation to the IGPK duty officer on VHF, channel 16, and at the port point of Solovki - to the IGPK duty officer 48 hours in advance, followed by confirmation 24 hours in advance.

4.3.7. To prevent damage to the underwater part of the ship's hull and the berth, approaching the berth of vessels with a list of more than 5° to the outer (river) side is prohibited.

4.3.8. Vessels with a bow bulb must approach the berth with the help of tugs, and when the hull touches the berth, the bulb must not come into contact with the pier.

4.3.9. When a ship approaches a berth or another ship, all protruding objects and ship equipment must be promptly removed inside the side line.

4.3.10. If anchors were used during the mooring operation, then after its completion the latter must be lifted “to place” and secured with tape and screw stoppers.

4.5. Changing parking spots

4.5.1. The dispatch service of the owner of the berth or stevedoring enterprise is obliged to notify the captain of the vessel directly or through a marine agent no later than 4 hours in advance, with subsequent clarification 2 hours in advance, about the time of the start of hauling or repositioning of the vessel and the completion of cargo and auxiliary work.

If these actions are planned for the evening or night, the captain of the ship must be warned about this before 17:00 of the current day.

4.5.2. Upon receipt of the above information, the captain of the vessel, directly or through a maritime agent, must submit an application for movement to the IGPK, and the captains of foreign and Russian vessels traveling abroad must provide information and obtain permission to change the berth from the border and customs authorities.

4.5.3. By the time specified by the dispatcher, the vessel must be fully prepared for hauling or passage and, if necessary, a pilot and towing support must be ordered.

4.5.5. The passage of a vessel with the main engines or steering gear disabled from one area of ​​the port to another, as well as the relocation of the vessel from one berth to another within the same area, is permitted after agreeing with the port captain on the conditions to ensure the safety of the vessel during the performance of these works.

4.5.7. Hauling of vessels within one berth or to an adjacent berth on mooring ropes using deck mechanisms is permitted only for vessels up to 100 m in length.

4.5.7.1. Vessels with a length of 100 to 130 m at the specified constrictions must have main engines ready and, if necessary, run them at the slowest speed.

In case of wind force more than 5 (wind speed more than 10 m/s), towing support must be ordered to ensure safety.

4.5.7.2. When hauling vessels over 130 m in length, the readiness of the main engines for operation and towing support are mandatory under any hydrometeorological conditions.

4.5.8. The relocation of all vessels along adjacent berths by more than 100 m, as well as the relocation from one berth to another, not adjacent to the first, is considered an intra-port passage, in which for the vessels specified in Art. 2.2.2, the presence of a pilot and towing support is mandatory.

4.6. Cargo operations and towing of ships in a port, port point

4.6.1. For loading and unloading operations on foreign and coastal vessels, the port has berths belonging to various owners:

• timber export berths No. 1-4 for loading lumber;
• port berth for loading and unloading general cargo;
• city ​​roadstead (floating berths) for loading round timber from the water;
• cargo-passenger pier Tamarin (port point of Solovki);
• cargo pier Kheta (port point of Solovki);
• passenger pier Monastyrsky (port point of Solovki).

About bunkering of ships

4.6.19. Bunkering of ships moored at berths is permitted only with the consent of their owners and after compliance with the requirements for ensuring fire safety and preventing pollution of the berth and the adjacent water area.

4.6.20. Bunkering of ships carrying dangerous cargo on board is permitted only in the roadstead with special permission from the fire authorities. The anchorage location for this operation is determined by the harbor captain.

4.6.22. The above requirements apply to operations for supplying ships with oils and other types of supplies containing hazardous substances, as well as for ships delivering water contaminated with substances harmful to human health and the environment.

4.7. Actions during a storm

4.7.3. Upon receipt of a storm warning, captains of sea vessels and port fleet vessels are obliged to take all measures to ensure the safe anchorage of the vessel during stormy weather (install additional mooring lines, release a second anchor, prepare the engine for operation, etc., including changing the anchorage location).

4.7.4. Upon receipt of a storm warning, sea vessels designed or equipped to carry out rescue operations, regardless of departmental affiliation and form of ownership, must be placed in constant readiness to go to sea to carry out work to rescue people or to provide assistance to ships in distress.

These vessels can be engaged by the harbor master to perform the above-mentioned work in the port waters.

4.9. Preventing environmental pollution

4.9.1. All maritime Russian and foreign vessels, vessels of the port, river and small fleets, as well as all legal entities carrying out any activities in the port waters, are required to comply with the requirements of the International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), the Russian Law Federation on Environmental Protection dated December 19, 1991, Manual on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (RD 31.04.23-94) and other regulations (rules, manuals, instructions, etc.) issued on their basis.

Pomeranian shore of the bay

From Sorokskaya Bay to the port of Kem

From Sorokskaya Bay to the port of Kem the coast extends 22 miles to NNW. The coast is low and rocky, indented throughout by numerous inlets and coves, most of which are shallow and partially or completely dry out. The largest are the Shueretskaya (64°47" N, 34°55" E) and Kemskaya (64°58" N, 34°45" E) bays. This stretch of coast is fringed by a number of islands, islets, and hazards that form the southern part of the Kem Skerries; the outer edge of the skerries is located up to 10 miles from the coast. Due to the large number of dangers and shallow waters, navigation here is possible on boats and ships with shallow draft. Vessels with deep draft when sailing in this area should go around the Kem skerries from the east. Among the outer islands of the middle part of the Kem skerries lies the Kuzovskiy Fairway, along which ships sometimes approach the village of Rabocheostrovsk; this fairway leads from the southeast from Tupichikha Island (64°54" N, 35°08" E) to the Pyalluda Islands (65°00" N, 34°56" E) to the Korabelny fairway.

Notable points. When sailing from Sorokskaya Bay to the port of Kem, landmarks can serve as: forested Mount Revyazhya (64°51" N, 34°55" E); Russky Kuzov Island (64°56" N, 35°08" E), opening from 25-28 miles, and German Body Island (64°57" N, 35°10" E), opening from about 30 miles.

Navigation aids. Some hazards are protected by illuminated buoys and markers.

The lip juts into the coast 4 miles N from Cape Vygnavolok. Entry into the bay is possible in full water on small vessels with knowledge of local navigation conditions. The banks of the lip are low. 1.5 miles from the shoreline the terrain rises slightly; The coast here is overgrown with bushes and forests.

From the north, the bay is limited by the southern coast of Shuyostrov Island. In the interior of this island there are gentle hills covered with forest. The island of Shuyostrov is separated from the shore of the mainland by the narrow drying Strait of Sorokskaya Salma.

The described bay is shallow; the depth in it is less than 5 m. The banks of the lip are bordered by dry land, at its top having a width of up to 3 miles.

In the bay and in front of its entrance there are many islands, surface and underwater rocks and banks. Most of the islands are elevated, forested and have gently sloping shores. The largest of the islands is Bear Island (Ostrov Medvezhiy), located 5.8 miles N from Cape Vygnavolok. 1.2 miles NE from Medvezhy Island are the Sosnovtsy Islands, which have low rocky shores covered with meadow vegetation and forest.

The most seaward ones are the Parusnitsa Islands, lying in front of the entrance to the bay, 4 miles NE from Cape Vygnavolok. When swimming in the bay area, you should not cross the 10 m isobath.

Big Juzmuy and Little Juzmuy Islands(Ostrova Bol"shoy Zhuzhmuy, Malyy Zhuzhmuy) (64°37" N, 35°40" E) are located in the middle part of the bay.

The northwestern part of Bolshoy Zhuzmuy Island is significantly higher than its middle and southeastern parts. In the area of ​​Cape Svetelka - the western tip of the island - the coast is high. Towards Cape Sennoy (64°39" N, 35°35" E) - the southern tip of the island - the terrain gradually decreases and becomes lowland. The island is overgrown with forest, which on the southwestern shore comes close to the water, and on the northeastern shore it begins 2-3 kbt from the coastline.

Maly Zhuzhmuy Island is significantly lower than Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy Island. The northern part of Maly Zhuzhmuy Island is higher than the southern part and gradually decreases to the southeast. The island is overgrown with forest.

The islands of Big Zhuzmuy and Small Zhuzmuy lie in the same shallow water. The shores of the islands, with the exception of the northern shore of Bolshoi Zhuzmuy Island, are bordered by dry land. From the southeastern tip of Bolshoy Zhuzmuy Island, a drying bank juts out 1.5 miles to the SE, on which lie three islets covered with bushes; between this shoal and the dry land bordering the northern tip of Maly Zhuzhmuy Island, there is a strait 1-5 kbt wide.

Banks with depths of 5-19.4 m are scattered within 7 miles SW of Cape Svetelka.

Within 4 miles to the SW and SE of Cape Novaya Obedennaya Korga (64°36" N, 35°42" E), the southeastern tip of Maly Zhuzhmuy Island, banks with depths of 5.6-10 are scattered m.

Approaching the island of Maly Zhuzhmuy is dangerous due to the many underwater rocks lying on the shallows with depths of less than 5 m. The southern tip of this island should be skirted at a distance of at least 2.5 miles.

Lighthouse Zhuzmuysky(Zhuzhmuyskiy Lighthouse) (64°40.7" N, 35°33.6" E) is installed in the middle part of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy Island on a vast treeless plain, gradually descending to the east and southeast.

The buildings near the lighthouse are visible in the sector from 0° to 115°.

There is a radio beacon at the lighthouse.

Zhuzmuysky sign(Zhuzhmuyskiy Beacon) (64°41.0" N, 35°34.2" E) is installed on the northeastern shore of Bolshoi Zhuzhmuy Island.

The alignment of this sign with the Zhuzhmuy lighthouse leads to the anchorage off the northeastern shore of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy Island.

Luminous sign Maly Zhuzmuy(Malyy Zhuzhmuy Light-Beacon) is installed on the southeastern tip of Maly Zhuzhmuy Island.

Bank Zhuzhmuyskaya(Banka Zhuzhmuyskaya) with a shallowest depth of 1.2 m is located 1.8 miles NNE from Cape Svetelka. The bank is deep on the northern, western and southern sides.

Jar with a shallowest depth of 6.2 m lies 3.4 miles WNW from Cape Svetelka.

Pulya-Luda islet(Ostrovok Pulya-Luda) is located 7.5 kbt SW from Cape Svetelka. There are hazards within 3 kb WSW of this barren granite islet.

Pečak islet(Ostrovok Pechak), sandy-rocky and noticeable, lies on a dry land protruding from the western shore of Maly Zhuzhmuy Island 8 kbt to the SW from its northern tip.

Anchor places for vessels with deep draft are available in roadsteads near the island of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy. With winds from NE and E, you can anchor in the southwestern roadstead, 1-1.3 miles to SW from the middle of the southwestern coast of Bolshoi Zhuzmuy Island. The depths here are 12-20 m; soil - silt and sand.

Vessels with a draft of up to 4 m can anchor at the point of intersection of bearings 0° to Cape Svetelka and 270° to the islet Pulya-Luda. The depths here are 6-7 m; soil - silt and sand. In northern and partly northwestern winds, ships with a draft of up to 4 m can anchor 4-5 kbt at 235° from Cape Sennaya. The depths here are 6-7 m. It is not recommended to approach the shore to depths of less than 5 m.

With winds from S, W and SW, you can anchor in the north-eastern roadstead, 3-4 kbt NE from the Zhuzmuysky sign. The depths here are 11-14 m; soil - silt, sand and stone. You should approach this anchorage at a course of 220.2° along the alignment of the Zhuzhmuysky sign with the Zhuzhmuysky lighthouse; alignment direction 40.2° - 220.2°. The smallest depth on the alignment axis (seaward of the anchorage) is 7 m.

You can hide from the southeast winds in the northwestern roadstead off the northwestern coast of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy Island. It should be borne in mind that the depths here from 5 m sharply increase to 30 m or more; soil - silt and small stone.

The islets of Big Sennukha and Little Sennukha(Ostrovki Bol'shaya Sen-nukha, Malaya Sennukha) lie 8 miles N from the island of Bolshoy Zhuzhmuy.

The islet Bolshaya Sennukha is 27.5 m high, rocky and covered with peat. The steep granite shores of the island, devoid of vegetation, are light gray in color. At the end of spring and early summer, thanks to the cloudberries growing on it in abundance, the island of Bolshaya Sennukha has a red-yellow color.

The islet of Malaya Sennukha is low, rocky and devoid of any vegetation.

The strait between the islands of Bolshaya Sennukha and Malaya Sennukha is not navigable. The shores of both islets, especially the islet of Bolshaya Sennukha, are deep, but it is not recommended to approach the islets at a distance of less than 1 mile, since there are very shallow depths near them.

Tidal currents pass in the area of ​​​​the islands of Bolshaya Sennukha and Malaya Sennukha in two branches. One branch follows from the eastern side of the Solovetsky Islands, and the other from the western side of the throne. These branches, merging, form a current, which, even in weak winds, contributes to the rapid emergence of significant waves.

Luminous sign of Sennukh(Sennukha Light-Beacon) is installed on the island of Big Sennukha.

Waterloo Bank(Banka Vaterloo) with a shallowest depth of 3 m lies 2 miles SSE from the islet of Big Sennukha. It is located on the alignment line of the Malaya Sennukha island with the Solovetsky lighthouse. The bank is surrounded by great depths.

Bank Eastern Sennukha(Banka Vostochnaya Sennukha) with a shallowest depth of 4.4 m lies 3.5 miles NE from the islet of Bolshaya Sennukha. From this bank, an almost continuous chain of banks with depths of 3.6-9.4 m stretches approximately 10 miles in the NW direction to the Topa Islands.

Western Sennukha Bank(Banka Zapadnaya Sennukha) with a depth of 1.6 m is located 1.9 miles N from the islet of Bolshaya Sennukha.

Jar with a minimum depth of 7.4 m lies 2.3 miles W of the islet of Bolshaya Sennukha.

Varbarludy Islands(Ostrova Varbarludy) are located 8.7 miles NNE from Cape Vygnavolok. The northern of the Varbarludy islands is called Kentovyy Island.

Banks with depths of 1.2-8.8 m are scattered within 1.5 miles NE of Kent Island.

The bank with its shallowest depth of 5.4 m lies 3.7 miles E of Kent Island. The soil on the bank is a small stone.

Rovnyazhiy Island (64°48" N, 35°15" E) is granite, covered with peat, and has rather steep, deep shores.

Luminous sign Rovnyazhiy(Rovnyazhiy Light-Beacon) installed on Rovnyazhiy Island.

Bank Rovnyazhya(Banka Rovnyazh "ya) with a shallowest depth of 3.6 m is located 3.4 miles SE from Rovnyazhy Island. The bank is surrounded by depths of 12-18 m.

Islet of Sennukh(Ostrovok Sennukha) granite, covered with peat, lies 2.1 kbt N from Rovnyazhiy Island. The shores of the islet of Sennukh are deep.

Revyazhya Bank(Banka Revyazh"ya) with a distinctive depth of 3.6 m lies 1 kbt to the W of the islet of Sennukha.

Jar with a minimum depth of 4.8 m, it is located 8 kbt NNE from the islet of Sennukha.

Nameless Luda Island(Ostrovok Bezymyannaya Luda) granite, covered with peat, lies 2.3 miles W from Rovnyazhiy Island. The shores of the island are bordered by dry land.

Nohkaluda Islands(Ostrova Nokhkaludy) - two islands: Big Nokhkaluda and Little Nokhkaludy and two low granite islets, devoid of vegetation, located 9 kbt NW from the islet Bezymyannaya Luda.

Big Nohkaluda Island(Ostrov Bol"shaya Nokhkaluda) with a height of 53.5 m is the eastern and largest of the islands of Nokhkaluda. It is rocky, covered with peat and has steep banks. Two hills rise on the island, which are separated by a shallow saddle, noticeable from the N and S. The western hill is somewhat above the eastern shores of the island of Bolshaya Nokhkaluda, depths of 10 m in some places come almost close to the shores of the island.

Malaya Nokhkaluda Island(Island Malaya Nokhkaluda) lies 2.5 kbt NW from the island of Bolshaya Nokhkaluda.

Shuyeretskaya Guba juts into the Pomeranian coast of the bay between Cape Buynavolok (64°45" N, 35°01" E) and Cape Poltamkorga, located 5.5 miles NNW from it. From the south the bay is limited by the island of Shuyostrov.

On the southeastern shore of the bay there are hills with gentle slopes, covered with mixed forest. On the northwestern side of the bay, in some places the mountains approach the coastline.

The Shuya River, which is shallow and accessible to full water for boats and small vessels with knowledge of local navigation conditions, flows into the top of the bay; on the banks of the river, 2 miles above its mouth, is the large village of Shuyeretskoye.

In the bay and in front of its entrance there are many islands, surface and underwater rocks and other dangers that form the southern part of the Kem skerries.

The banks of the lip are bordered by dry land. From the southeastern shore of the bay, the dry land extends approximately 3.5 miles to the N, filling almost entirely the outer and middle parts of the bay; There are a large number of islands scattered across the dry land.

Between the northwestern shore of the bay and the dry land protruding from its southeastern shore, lies the narrow Shuyskaya Salma Strait. Its width between the drying edges is 2-5 kbt. From the eastern entrance (64°49.6" N, 34°58.4" E), the Shuya Salma Strait leads SW along the northwestern shore of the bay to the bar of the Shuya River. Before the river bar, the Sorokskaya Salma Strait branches off to the south from the Shuiskaya Salma Strait.

The depth in the lip is less than 10 m.

Ravluda Island(Ostrov Ravluda) is located 2 miles ESE from Cape Poltamkorga. Between this cape and the island of Ravluda lies many dangers. 4 kbt to the W of the island of Ravluda are the granite islands of Stvornyye Ludki, devoid of vegetation.

Berth 30 m long, located at Cape Pannavolok (Mys Pannavolok) (64°48.9" N, 34°56.6" E). The depth along the pier is 0.3 m. In high water and calm weather, boats with a draft of up to 1.5 m can approach the pier.

Instructions for swimming from Sorokskaya Bay to Shueretskaya Bay. Following the Belomorsky alignment, it is necessary, when the Osinka luminous sign comes to a bearing of 168°, to set a course of 2°, laying it 3 miles to the E of the largest of the Varbarludy islands and 4 miles to the W of the Rovnyazhy Island.

Following a course of 2°, depths should be measured, especially when passing a bank (64°45" N, 35°15" E) with a depth of 5.4 m and a bank located 1.5 miles to the N of it with a depth of 6.6 m When the Rovnyazhiy sign arrives at a bearing of 39°, you should set a course of 270° and go to Shueretskaya Bay, entering which requires special caution and knowledge of local sailing conditions.

Beloguzikha Island(Ostrov Beloguzikha) (64°51.6" N, 35°05.4" E) 35.2 m high, rocky, has two peaks separated by a saddle. The flat surface of the island is covered with low-growing forest and bushes; The shores of the island are steep and deep; depths of about 10 m in some places come close to its shores. From the southern tip of the island, 1.5 kbt to the WSW, there is a sandbank on which the islet lies.

Bolshoy Revyazhy Island(Ostrov Bol'shoy Revyazhiy), covered with meadow vegetation and forest, is located on a drying shallow 2 miles NNW from Cape Poltamkorga. Between Cape Poltamkorga and the island of Bolshoi Revyazhiy, on the drying shallow there are several more forested islands and many surface and underwater rocks.

Sedelny Islands(Ostrova Sedel"nyye) - a group of two islands, near which there are several rocky islets devoid of vegetation and drying stones - located 1.6 miles N from Beloguzikha Island.

The northern, larger of the Saddle Islands is 44.4 m high and has a rocky surface with three distinct hills. The valleys of the island and the saddles between the hills are overgrown with forests and bushes. The shores of the island are rocky. It is higher than the southern island, which is bare of vegetation and covered with peat.

The Sedelnye Islands are surrounded by shallow waters; The strait between them is not navigable.

Strong tidal currents are observed in the strait between the Sedelnye islands.

Eiders nest on the Sedelny Islands.

Tupichikha Island, 45.6 m high, lies 1 mile E from the Sedelnye Islands. This small rocky island is covered with peat and tundra vegetation. Deciduous shrubs grow on its southern bank. The shores of the island are deep. Depths of 10 m are in some places almost close to the northern and southern shores. 1 kbt to the W of Tupichikha Island lies a rocky islet, devoid of vegetation.

The Domniny Islands are located 6 kbt NW from Tupichikha Island. These granite islands are covered with peat; their banks are steep and deep. At 6 kbt to N from the western of the Domnina islands there is a sandbank with depths of less than 15 m, on which there are rocky banks with depths of 1.8-7.4 m and rocky drainage.

There are strong tidal currents between the islands of Domnina. Swimming in the area of ​​the islands is dangerous due to drying rocks located 1 kilometer south of them.

Jar with a depth of 1.6 m is located 1 kbt to SW from the middle of the eastern of the Domnina islands.

Kurichya Nilaksa Island(Ostrov Kurich"ya Nilaksa) with a height of 48.8 m lies 8.4 kbt N from the island of Tupichikha. The shores of the island of Kurichya Nilaksa, devoid of vegetation, are steep and deep.

Island is located 5 kbt SE from the island of Kurichya Nilaksa. 0.5 kbt NE from the island lies a bank with a depth of 1.2 m.

Island low rocky, devoid of vegetation, lies 2.8 kbt NW from the island of Kurichya Nilaksa. When the wind is strong, waves roll over the island.

Lodeyny Island (Ostrov Lodeynyy) is 65.4 m high, rocky, covered with tundra vegetation, located 8 kbt E from the island of Kurichya Nilaksa. The shores of Lodeyny Island are gentle and deep. The southwestern slopes of the island are step-steep and rocky. On the eastern side of the island, in its middle part, there is a ravine overgrown with coniferous forest; the western slopes of the ravine are covered with deciduous bushes.

On the southern side of the island there is a bay protected from northern winds.

Russian Island Body(Ostrov Russkiy Kuzov) (64°56" N, 35°08" E) with a height of 123.2 m hilly is one of the most high islands Kem skerries. The slopes of the northern hills are smooth, rounded and covered on all sides with mixed forest; towards the top the forest thins out, and the peak itself is almost completely devoid of vegetation. The remaining hills, located in the southern part of the island, are devoid of vegetation and are separated from the above-mentioned hill by a low-lying forested and swampy valley extending in a direction of 70°-250°.

The shores of the island are low and only at the northern tip and in the area of ​​the southern hills do they descend rather steeply to the sea.

The drainage area off the coast of the island is no more than 1 kbt wide. The depths in the passages between the island of Russky Kuzov and the islands of Kurichya Nilaksa and Lodeyny are 5-11.6 m. The passage between the islands of Kurichya Nilaksa and Russky Kuzov is accessible for ships with a draft of 3-4 m; There are strong tidal currents in this passage.

Bay(64°55" N, 35°09" E) juts into the southern coast of Russky Kuzov Island. The bay serves as shelter for small ships from the north, north-west and north-east winds. The shores of the bay are gentle, bordered by a wide sandy and rocky dry land. The depth at the entrance to the bay is 3-5 m.

Setnoy, Upper, Middle and Residential Islands(Ostrova Setnoy, Verkhniy, Sredniy, Zhiloy) are located respectively 5.3 kbt, 1.2 miles, 1.6 miles and 2.4 miles E from Russky Kuzov Island. These islands are rocky, their shores are deep. The islands are covered with tundra vegetation and peat. B 0.7; 1.2 and 4.5 kbt to N from Zhiloy Island there are respectively surface, underwater rocks and a rocky island.

German Body Island(Ostrov Nemetskiy Kuzov) 118.2 m high, built of granite, lies 2 kbt NE from the northern part of the eastern shore of Russky Kuzov Island. On the island of German Body there are two hills devoid of vegetation. The eastern hill is significantly higher than the western one; its southern slope is steep, almost vertical. On the southern side of the island, forest grows in the valleys. The northern slope of the island is gentle and devoid of vegetation.

From the east and west, the island looks like a huge blue rock, which gradually rises to the south and, having reached its greatest height, breaks off almost vertically. From the north, from about 15-20 miles, the island also has the appearance of a huge bluish rock with a flat surface and with edges that break off almost vertically to the west and east, with the western edge being flatter than the eastern.

The northern and western shores of the German Body Island are deep. In the passage between the islands of German Kuzov and Russian Kuzov, the depth is 7-31 m; soil - stone. The southern part of the passage is blocked by banks with depths of 1.2-3.6 m, bordered by an isobath of 5 m. This passage is usually not used.

1 kbt to N from the north-eastern tip of the island of Nemetskiy Kuzov lies the rocky, peat-covered island Chernetsky (Ostrov Chernetskiy), and 0.6 kbt to N from it lies a surface rock.

Crow Islands(Ostrova Voron"i) - three hilly islands covered with tundra vegetation - lie 0.5 kbt E from the eastern shore of the island of Nemetsky Kuzov. The south-eastern slopes of the islands are steep, at the foot of the cliffs on narrow terraces there are scatterings of stones. Terraces on Two of the larger islands are overgrown with mixed forest.

The strait between the islands of Voronya and the island of Nemetskiy Kuzov is accessible to boats with shallow draft.

Tidal currents in the southern part of the Voronya Islands and in the drying straits between them are very strong.

Anchor places for ships with a draft of up to 1.5 m there are:

4 kbt to S from the southeastern tip of the island of German Body. It is protected from all winds except southern ones. The depth here is 6.2 m; soil - sand and silt;

4 kbt SE from the southeastern tip of the island of German Body. It is accessible to boats and protected from all winds except south and southeast. The depths here are 3-8 m; soil - silt and stone.

Oleshin Island (Ostrov Oleshin) with a height of 31 m, lying 1 mile ENE from the 30 north-eastern tip of the island of Nemetsky Kuzov, is the most seaward of the islands of the Kem skerries. This rocky island has steep banks, with three hills covered with tundra vegetation and gentle slopes towards the saddles. Shrubs grow along the slopes of the hollows.

The northeastern and southwestern shores of Oleshin Island are deep. 2.2 kbt to the W from the northern tip of Oleshin Island lies the island of Northern Tupichikha (Ostrov Severnaya Tupichikha).

There are drying stones 3 kbt E from Oleshin Island. In the passage between the island and these stones the soil is sand and silt. Eiders nest on the island.

The Daryin Islands (Ostrova Dar"iny) lie 1.5 miles W from the northwestern tip of Russky Kuzov Island. The eastern of these two islands is higher than the western one. The sandy surface of the islands is rocky, covered with tundra vegetation and shrubs.

The shores of the islands are deep. The western shore of the eastern island comes close to a depth of about 10 m.

South Kolovar and North Kolovar Islands(Ostrova Yuzhnyy Ko-lovar, Severnyy Kolovar) lie respectively 7 kbt to the WNW and 9.2 kbt to the NW from the western of the Darya islands.

South Kolovar Island, 68.5 m high, is hilly and consists of two elevated, forested parts connected by a narrow, low isthmus. Northern slopes The hills are gentle and end in a sandy lowland near the water, the southern ones are steep, the eastern ones are steep. The hollows and hillsides are overgrown with coniferous forest. The tops of the hills are covered with tundra vegetation.

The island of Northern Kolovar, 58.7 m high, almost closely adjoins the island of Southern Kolovar from the north and is separated from it only by a narrow drying strait. The slopes of the hills in the northern part are gentle, in the southern part they are steep; there are hollows in the western and eastern parts. Coniferous forest grows on the slopes and in the hollows. The tops of the hills are covered with tundra vegetation. This rocky island is covered in places with sand and peat; the southern part of the island is overgrown with forest. The shores of the island gently slope down to the water. Across the island in the direction NE - SW there is a deep, low ravine covered with low-growing forest.

A cove (64°58" N, 35°00" E) juts out into the northwestern coast of the island of Northern Kolovar, accessible to small ships.

1 kbt to the NW from the island of Northern Kolovar is the island of Alder (Ostrov Ol"khovyy), the low shores of which are overgrown with forest and bushes. 1.8 kbt to the NE from the northeastern tip of the island of South Kolovar is the island of Shark (Ostrov Akul"ya ). The granite island of Akulya has sloping shores; The slopes of the island are covered with tundra vegetation.

To the west and southwest of the islands of Northern Kolovar and Southern Kolovar lie islands that extend in a chain to the shore of the mainland.

The shores of the islands Olkhovy, Northern Kolovar and Akulya are deep in the north and east. The western shores of the islands of South Kolovar and North Kolovar are shallow; the bottom west of these islands is uneven.

Pesya Luda Island(Ostrov Pes"ya Luda) (64°58" N, 35°05" E) is covered with tundra vegetation. The shores of the island are sloping, bordered by a narrow strip of dry land and deep; the northwestern coast is especially deep.

The islet of Luda-Vodokhlebikha(Ostrovok Luda-Vodokhlebikha), lying 4.5 kbt W from the island of Pesya Luda, is rocky and covered with tundra vegetation. Deep island

The island of Luda-Saltykovka(Ostrovok Luda-Saltykovka) - a low granite rock bordered by dry land - located 1.6 miles ENE from the island of Pesya Luda. The island is deep; it can be safely passed at a distance of 3 kbt.

Plosky Island (Ostrov Ploskyy) is rocky, covered with tundra vegetation and shrubs, lies 7.5 kbt NW from Pesya Luda Island. The southern coast of Ploskiy Island is steep, the rest are gentle. The shores of the island are quite deep.

2 kbt to E from Ploskiy Island lies the small rocky island of Khudyye Ludy, covered with tundra vegetation, the shores of which are deep, and 1 kbt to NNE from Khudyye Ludy Island is the rocky island of Maly Setnoy (Ostrovok Malyy Setnoy).

Drying stones lie 0.2-0.5 kbt W from the island of Maly Setnoy. Between the island of Maly Setnoy and the island of Ploskiy there are several surface and underwater rocks and islets.

Jar with a depth of 3.6 m lies 1.9 kbt to the ESE from the Maly Setnoy islet.

Taparukha Island, 45.7 m high, is rocky, covered with tundra vegetation, located 3.2 kbt N from Plosky Island. The northern and western shores of Taparukha Island are deep. The southern part of the eastern coast of the island is shallow. From the middle of the eastern coast of the island, a drying sandbank protrudes 0.3 kbt. There is driftwood on the shores of the island. 1 kbt E from the middle of the eastern shore of Taparukha Island lies a rocky dry land.

Vorotnya Island(Ostrovok Vorotnya), covered with tundra vegetation, with rocky shores, lies 0.5 kbt SE from the southeastern tip of Taparukha Island.

Jar with a distinctive depth of 4.2 m is located 1.6 kbt SW from the southwestern tip of Taparukha Island.

Izbyanoy Island lies 3.6 kbt E from the southeastern tip of Taparukha Island. The southern and southwestern shores of the flat rocky island of Izbyanaya, covered with tundra vegetation, are steep and deep; An extensive rocky dry land protrudes from the northern and eastern shores of the island. There is driftwood on the shores of the island. Eiders nest here.

Podvostochny Island(Ostrov Podvostochnyy), covered with tundra vegetation, lies directly to the E of Izbyanaya Island and is connected to it by drainage. The drying area also extends to the NW and N of Podvostochny Island. The southeastern tip of the island is bordered by a dry land up to 1.5 kbt wide with a ridge of surface stones. The northeastern coast of the island is relatively deep. The southern tip of the island is also deep, to which a narrow deep-sea trench approaches.

Korozhny Island (Ostrov Korozhnyy), covered with tundra vegetation, lies 1.5 kbt N from Izbyanaya Island and is connected to the Izbyanaya and Podvostochny islands by a sandy and rocky dry land. In the western part of Korozhny Island there is a hill, the eastern slope of which is steep and rocky; East End The islands are low-lying and swampy. The shores of the island are rocky and, with the exception of the western shore, shallow. They have a fin.

Off the eastern tip of the island lie three low rocky islets.

The Kemskaya Guba, shallow and almost completely dry, juts into the Pomeranian coast of the bay between Cape Pukhnavolok (64°57" N, 34°46" E) and the cape located 1.2 miles NNW from it Tashkatur (Mys Tashkatur).

The bay is accessible in full water for ships with a draft of up to 2.7 m. You can enter the bay along the Kemskaya Salma Strait (64°59" N, 34°48" E). Entering the bay requires knowledge of local sailing conditions.

The banks of the lip are predominantly low-lying; only on the northern shore there are several hills. The southern coast of the bay is partly rocky, in places covered with meadow vegetation and shrubs, and the northern coast is mostly rocky. The southern shore of the lip is covered with mixed forest.

The shores of the lip are indented by small, almost drying lips and bays. At the entrance to the bay and in the bay itself there are many islands, islets, pitfalls, drains and banks.

The depths in the lip are less than 5 m. The banks of the lip are bordered by dry land; drying soil silt, liquid silt and stone. Grass grows on the drainage area and in the lip almost to its middle. The width of the grass thicket reaches 5-6 kbt.

The Kem River flows into the top of the bay, to which a narrow winding fairway up to 1 kilometer wide leads; the depth on it is 1.4-7 m; the fairway begins 8.5 kbt to the NNE from Cape Pukhnavolok.

Ice mode. The lip freezes around mid-November and opens at the end of April or early May.

Navigation aids. The fairway leading to the top of the Kemskaya Bay is equipped with alignments of signs that are rearranged depending on changes in the position of the fairway.

Berth equipped at Cape Shatnavolok (Mys Shatnavolok) (64°57" N, 34°41" E), protruding from the southern shore of the bay. In high water, vessels with a draft of up to 2 m can approach the berth.

Kem River(Reka Kem") flows into the top of the Kem Bay in two branches. The river has rapids and is inaccessible for navigation. Timber rafting is carried out along the river. On the left bank, 1.3 miles above the mouth of the river, is the city of Kem (Kem").

Port of Kem

Port Kem (Port Kem") (65°00" N, 34°49" E) is located in the Kemskaya Salma Strait, separating the islands of Popov and Yakostrov, lying on the northern side of the entrance to the Kem Bay. The port territory and its berths are located at the southern part on the eastern shore of Popov Island; ships with a draft of up to 6.4 m can approach the berth of the sawmill. Between the berths there are buckets into which tugboats and lighters enter. The functions of the port authorities are partially performed by the administration of the Kem sawmill. Pilotage to the port of Kem is mandatory. Pilotage of Northern Shipping Company vessels exporting timber products is carried out by pilots hired by the shipping company who board the vessel and disembark the vessel in the port of Arkhangelsk.

The Kemskaya Salma Strait is deep and accessible to ships with a draft of up to 5 m. In the middle part of the strait there is a trench with depths of 10-12 m; soil - silt and sand.

You can enter the port of Kem along the Korabelny fairway, as well as along the Kuzovsky fairway, leading from the SE between the islands of the middle part of the Kem skerries from Tupichikha Island to the Pyalluda Islands (65°00" N, 34°56" E), where it connects with the Korabelny fairway . Navigation along the Kuzovsky fairway requires knowledge of local conditions.

In addition, you can enter the port along the Karelian fairway, leading from the north from the Studentsy Islands (65°05"N, 34°50"E) along the coast to the northern tip of Popov Island and further along the eastern coast of this island.

The fairway is winding, runs through many hazards and is accessible to vessels with a draft of up to 4.7 m. Navigating the Karelian fairway requires knowledge of local conditions. The fairway is used in exceptional cases when the Ship fairway is clogged with ice. A description of the Karelian fairway is not given in the sailing directions.

Winds. In the described area, northeastern winds are observed in March - June, in August - January and partly in February, southern, western and northwestern winds are observed.

Tidal currents. The tidal current enters the Kemskaya Salma Strait from N and NE at a speed of about 2 knots. The current flow has a reverse direction and a slightly higher speed.

Navigation aids. Navigation along the Korabelny fairway, as well as along the Kemskaya Salma Strait and in the port of Kem is ensured by the alignments of illuminated and non-illuminated signs; Some hazards are protected by illuminated buoys and markers.

Message. The port of Kem is connected to the country's railway network.

Ship fairway(Korabel"nyy Fairway) starts 3.5 kbt to SE from South Rombak Island and goes to SSW. At 7 kbt to NNE from Taparukha Island the fairway changes direction to WSW, then goes to NW, rounding the Palluda Islands from the north, and then stretches in two bends in the general direction W towards the northern entrance to the Kemskaya Salma Strait. Near the fairway there are many stamina, above which noticeable breakers are observed in the northern winds.

Stamik Taparushny(Stamik Taparushnyy), extensive and rocky, with a distinctive depth of 1.4 m, lies 3.2 miles ENE from the northern tip of Taparushny Island. Stamik is a sea hazard on the approach to the Korabelny fairway from the east.

From the north and east the stamik is surrounded by great depths. Walking in the stamic area should be done with extreme caution. Within 1.5 miles to the W and 5 kbt to the S of the Taparushny stamic there are several banks with depths of 1.8-5 m.

Stamik Bolshoy Rombaksky(Stamik Bol'shoy Rombakskiy), extensive and rocky, with a shallowest depth of 2.4 m, is located 2.2 miles NNE from the northern tip of Taparukha Island. Stamik is a group of banks with depths of 2.4-5 m. Stamik is surrounded by large depths.

Stamik Second Rombaksky(Stamik Vtoroy Rombakskiy) with a shallowest depth of 8.2 m lies 3 miles NNE from the northern tip of Taparukha Island on the approach to the Ship Fairway from the northeast.

South Rombak and North Rombak Islands located on the northern side of the Korabelny fairway, 2.5 miles N from Taparukha Island.

South Rombak Island(Ostrov Yuzhnyy Rombak) is rocky, covered with a layer of peat and tundra vegetation. 0.8 kbt N from the southern tip of the island there is a hill, the western and southern slopes of which are steep; another hill is located 2.2 kbt to NNW from the same tip of the island, its slopes are gentle. The shores of the island are steep, the southern shore is deep. The shores of the island are bordered by rocky dry land up to 50 m wide.

North Rombak Island(Ostrov Severnyy Rombak) elevated, with three hills, rocky, covered with peat; its banks are deep and bordered by rocky drylands up to 0.3 kb wide. In the passage separating the islands of South Rombak and North Rombak, the depth is 10-20 m; soil - stone, hard sand and silt. At the northern entrance to the passage lies a bank with a distinctive depth of 2 m, and off the coast of both islands there are many dangers scattered in the shallows with depths less than 5 m. From the northwestern tip of North Rombak Island, danger extends up to 4 kbt to NW, and from the northern shore of South Rombak Island - 2.5 kbt to N.

Lighthouse Rombaksky(Rombakskyy Lighthouse) is installed on a cliff on the southern, most elevated part of the South Rombak island. The lighthouse has a sound alarm system.

Maly Rombak Island(Ostrov Malyy Rombak) rocky, covered with tundra vegetation, lies 3 km S from the island of South Rombak. Small Rombak Island is smaller and lower than South Rombak Island. Maly Rombak Island has gently sloping shores. The shores of the island are bordered by a shoal with depths of less than 5 m, where there are dangers. There is a driftwood on the shore of the island.

Palluda Islands(Ostrova Pyalludy) - several rocky islands covered with peat and tundra vegetation - lie 2.2 miles SW from the island of Maly Rombak. The shores of the islands, rocky and rocky, are bordered by rocky drylands. The surface of the islands is flat; their banks are flat.

The ship's fairway runs north of Ostrov Pyal-luda, the northeastern of the Pyalluda islands. The northern shore of this island, facing the fairway, is deep.

Islet of Luda-Voroptya(Ostrovok Luda-Vorotnya) (64°59" N, 34°52" E) low, rocky, covered with tundra vegetation. 8 kbt to the S and SW from this island stretches a chain of numerous low and rocky islets, some of which are connected by rocky and rocky drylands. The passages between the islands are shallow, with big amount surface and drying stones.

Yakostrov Island (64°59" N, 34°50" E) borders the Kemskaya Salma Strait to the east. This rocky, elevated island is covered with forest and has gently sloping shores. The western coast of the island is quite deep; the sandbank with depths less than 5 m off this coast has a width of about 1 kbt. The eastern and southern shores of the island are shallow and bordered by numerous islets; from the southern shore the drainage extends up to 1 mile to the S.

Popov Island (65°00" N, 34°48" E) is rocky and borders the Kemskaya Salma Strait from the west. The island is separated from the shore of the mainland by a narrow, shallow Strait of Popova Salma, which dries out in the southern part.

In the drying part of the strait there is a dam connecting the island with the mainland shore. In full water, ships with a draft of up to 1 m can enter this strait.

The surface of the island is relatively flat, with individual hills, between which there are swampy depressions covered with mixed forest. The forest comes close to the coastline almost everywhere.

The shores of the island, especially the eastern one, are indented by many drying coves. Its eastern shore is relatively deep; the shallows with depths of less than 5 m near this coast have a width of up to 1 kbt.

Bank Rabocheostrovskaya(Banka Rabocheostrovskaya) with a minimum depth of 3 m is located along the eastern shore of Popov Island, 7 kbt NNE from its southern tip.

Berth No. 2 is located off the eastern shore of the southern part of Popov Island. The berth is available for ships with a draft of up to 6.4 m. The berth length is 240 m; the depth along it is 6-7 m. Lumber is loaded at the pier.

Village Rabocheostrovsk(Rabocheostrovsk) is located in the southern part of Popov Island. There is a sawmill in the village. The village is connected to the country's railway network.

Anchor places. You can anchor along the entire length of the Kemskaya Salma Strait, but the best anchoring place is the roadstead in the southern part of the strait to the S and SSE of the milestone (64°59.2" N, 34°47.8" E). The depths here are 5-11 m; soil - silt. This anchorage place is protected from all winds, except the winds from NE and S, which, although they blow with great force, do not create significant waves here.

Swimming instructions. Below are instructions for sailing from the port of Belomorsk to the island of South Rombak and instructions for sailing along the Korabelny and Kuzovsky fairways.

Instructions for sailing from the port of Belomorsk to the island of South Rombak. From the port of Belomorsk to the island of South Rombak you can go west or east of the island Rovnyazhy (64°48" N, 35°15" E). First, you need to follow the Belomorsky alignment until the Osinka luminous sign comes to a bearing of 168°, then you need to take a course of 2°, laying it 4 kbt to the W of Rovnyazhiy Island. On the parallel of the island of Sennukha, you should set a course of 348° with the expectation of going 1.3 miles to E from the island of Tupichikha. Having arrived on this course to the alignment of the northern ends of the Domnina Islands, you should set out on this alignment with a course of 287° and then follow the instructions for sailing along the Kuzovsky fairway.

If you need to go to the port of Kem along the Korabelny fairway, then, having reached the course of 2° to the parallel of the island of Sennukh, you should take a course of 13°. Having arrived at the parallel to the middle of Oleshin Island (64°58" N, 35°13" E), when the Topa lighthouse comes to a bearing of 68°, set a course of 335° and follow it until the ship enters the white sector 51.5°-98° light of the Rombaksky lighthouse. Having arrived at the parallel of this lighthouse, you should set course 291°, with the Topa lighthouse astern. Heading 291° should go to alignment of luminous signs Malorombaksky(Malorom-bakskiy Leading Lights) (65°01.2"N, 35°01.9"E) (target direction 63.8°-243.8°) and then follow the instructions for sailing along the Ship Fairway.

Vessels with deep draft should pass east of Rovnyazhiy Island. First, you need to follow the Belomorsky alignment until the Osinka light sign comes to a bearing of 168°, then you need to set a course of 23° with the expectation of passing in the middle between the bank (64°42"N, 35°23"E) with the smallest depth 6.2 m and Rovnyazhya bank. When the shining sign Rovnyazhiy comes to the left beam, you should lie on a course of 347° and follow this course until the Topa lighthouse comes to a bearing of 68°. Next, you need to approach the Ship Fairway according to the instructions given above.

When approaching the islands of South Rombak and Maly Rombak, it should be borne in mind that tidal currents in this area have significant speed and carry ships to the south or north, respectively.

Instructions for sailing along the Ship's fairway. Having reached the Malorombaksky target, you need to lie down on it and go leaving the S pole (65°01.5" N, 35°04.0" E), enclosing the Bolshoy Rombaksky station from N. Having reached Taparukha northern alignment of shining signs(Taparakha N Leading Lights) (64°59.4" N, 35°01.8" E) (alignment direction 11.4°-191.4°), you should turn left, lie on this alignment and follow to point 65 °00.2" N, 35°02.2" E. Then you need to turn right, leaving a luminous buoy (65°00.0" N, 35°02.5" E) enclosing a bank with a distinctive depth from N 2 m, set course 252° and follow to alignment of luminous signs Taparukha western(Taparakha W Leading Lights) (64°59.4" N, 35°01.7" E) (target direction 302.7°-122.7°), leaving a luminous buoy to S (64°59.8" N , 34°59.9" E). You should follow the western Taparukh alignment to alignment of luminous signs Pyalludsky turning(Pyalludskiy Turning Leading Lights) (65°00.2" N, 34°57.0" E) (direction 10.6°-190.6°), then set course 227° and go to alignment of luminous signs Pyalludsky No. 2 western(Pyalludskiy No. 2 W Leading Lights) (65°00.2" N, 34°57.0" E) (target direction 261.2°-81.2°); to the south of the turning point, a luminous buoy is placed (65°00.5" N, 34°57.1" E), enclosing a bank with a distinctive depth of 6.6 m from N.

Having reached the Pyalludsky alignment No. 2 western, you need to lie down on this alignment and go leaving to the N bank (65°00" N, 34°54" E) with a distinctive depth of 4.8 m and a bank with a depth of 3 m, and to S - fencing with NNE Governor's jar(Banka Gubernatorskaya) with a distinctive depth of 0.8 m, a luminous buoy (65°00.0" N, 34°54.3" E), a bank (65°00" N, 34°54" E) with a distinctive depth of 1, 2 m and a jar with a distinctive depth of 1.6 m.

Going out to Alignment of illuminated signs Rabocheostrovsky No. 1(Rabocheostrovskiy No. 1 Leading Lights) (65°00.1" N, 34°48.7" E) (alignment direction 106.6°-286.6°), you should lie on this alignment. The turn point from Pyalludsky alignment No. 2 west to Rabocheostrovsky alignment No. 1 indicates Luda-Vorotnya sign alignment is turning(Luda-Vorotnya Turning Leading Beacons) (64°59.4" N, 34°51.9" E) (target direction 336.9°-156.9°); To the south of the turning point, a luminous buoy is placed (64°59.8" N, 34°51.5" E), enclosing a bank with a depth of 2.4 m from the NW.

Along the Rabocheostrovsky alignment No. 1 you should go to the northern entrance to the Kemskaya Salma Strait, leaving a bank to the north (65°00" N, 34°51" E) with a depth of 3 m. Not reaching 2 kbt before the front sign of this alignment, i.e. . As soon as you pass the luminous buoy (65°00.0" N, 34°49.2" E), enclosing the N bank with a depth of 2.2 m, you should turn sharply to the left, take a course of 210° and go in the middle of the strait. Kemskaya Salma is at an equal distance from its banks, leaving the E bank with a depth of 2.2 m and the W bank Rabocheostrovskaya. When the pipes (64°59.1" N, 44°47.4" E), rising in the village of Rabocheostrovsk, are on the right beam, you should anchor to the S of the pole (64°59.2" N, 34°47 .8" E).

Vessels with a draft of up to 4.7 m can sail along the Rabocheostrovsky alignment No. 1 to alignment of luminous signs Monastyrsky(Monastyrskiy Leading Lights) (64°59.7" N, 34°48.0" E) (target direction 77.3°-257.3°) and further along this alignment. Not reaching 3.5 kbt before the front sign of this alignment, i.e. when the Kemskaya Salma Strait opens, you should take a course of 210° and go in the middle of the strait.

To approach berth No. 2, you need to take a course of 210° in the middle of the Kemskaya Salma Strait to alignment of luminous signs Kemsky-Pristansky(Kemskiy-Pristanskiy Leading Lights) (64°59.4" N, 34°47.7" E) (alignment direction 70.1°-250.1°) and follow this alignment further to berth No. 2.

At night, when sailing along the Korabelny fairway, you must be careful, especially when passing the Pyalluda islands, as well as when following the Rabocheostrovsky alignment No. 1. Particular care must be taken when making a sharp turn from the Rabocheostrovsky alignment No. 1 into the Kemskaya Salma Strait. Therefore, at night it is preferable to walk along the Monastyrsky alignment, since in this case there will be no sharp turns.

The entrance to the port of Kem at night is complicated by a large number of lights that open as soon as you approach the island of South Rombak. Usually, in addition to the light of the Rombaksky lighthouse, the lights of the Malorombaksky alignment and the lights on Popov Island are visible.

Instructions for sailing along the Kuzovsky fairway. Having arrived at a point located 1.3 miles E from Tupichikha Island (64°54" N, 35°07" E), you should take a course of 287° towards the northern ends of the Domnina Islands.

When the western tip of Tupichikha Island comes to the left abeam and at the same time the island, lying 6 kbt NNE from Tupichikha Island, merges with the northwestern tip of Lodeyny Island and the southern tip of Setnoy Island, you should immediately turn to the right and set course 314 °, having slightly to the right along the course the southwestern extremities of the Darya islands. This course leads between the southwestern tip of the island of Kurichya Nilaksa and the rock on the left (64°55.0" N, 35°05.1" E) with a depth of 7.4 m.

Having reached the alignment of the western end of the western Domnina island with the eastern end of the island, located 1.2 kbt to E from the eastern end of the northern Sedelnye island, you should take a course of 352° in the direction of the southwestern tip of the Pesya Luda island. At the parallel to the southern tip of the eastern Darya islands, you should turn left and take a course of 324°, leading in the middle of the passage between the islands of Northern Kolovar and Olkhovy in the southwest and the islands of Plosky and Taparukha in the northeast. The shores of these islands can be safely approached at a distance of up to 1 kilometer; the only danger in the indicated passage is the bank (64°58.7" N, 35°01.1" E) with a distinctive depth of 4.2 m. Having approached Pyalluda Island on a course of 324°, you need to go out to the western Taparukha alignment and then proceed guided the above instructions for sailing along the Ship Fairway.

From the port of Kem to Cape Marknavolok The forested Karelian shore of the bay extends 9 miles to the NNW. The southern part of the described coast is low, and the northern part is elevated, and in some places the rocky coast here abruptly ends towards the sea.

Opposite the southern part of the described coast lie the islands of the northern edge of the Kem skerries, the most seaward of which is the island of Ryavoluda (65°04" N, 35°02" E), located about 6 miles from the coast. The area between the islands is shallow and replete with islets, surface and underwater rocks and banks. Most of the islands are made of granite and covered with a layer of peat. The bottom in the area of ​​the northern edge of the Kem skerries is uneven. Navigation here is difficult, so this area is not visited even by ships with shallow draft. Seaward of this area lies the Western Solovetskaya Salma Strait.

Opposite the northern part of the described coast there are also several islands and many islets, but their edge is farther from the coast at a much shorter distance than the edge of the Kem skerries. The shore here is deeper; depths of about 20 m in places approach it at a distance of up to 2 miles, but crossing the 20 m isobath when approaching the shore is dangerous, since the depths sharply decrease closer to the shore.

Terroikha Island, 22.5 m high, granite, covered with tundra vegetation, lies 9 kbt NW from the South Rombak Island. The northeastern coast of the island of Terroiha is deep. The island is bordered by rocky and stony dry land up to 0.3 kb wide; there is a driftwood on the island.

4.1 kbt NW from the western coast of the island lies a low, rocky island covered with tundra vegetation. There is a fin on the island.

Ostrov Ryavoluda, 18.4 m high, is rocky and covered with tundra vegetation, located 1.5 miles NNE from the northern tip of Terroiha Island.

The shores of Rävoluda Island are rocky and rocky. The northern and western shores are flat, the eastern and southern shores are deep. There is a low rocky islet located 1.7 kbt N from the island. From the north and south, this island is bordered by rocky and stony dry land up to 0.3 kb wide.

Vessels traveling through the Western Solovetskaya Salma Strait stick to Ryavoluda Island in order to avoid the dangerous South Kemsky and Northern Kemsky straits.

Satam Island, 37.1 m high, rocky and covered with tundra vegetation, is located 1.6 miles W of Ryavoluda Island. The northern, western and eastern shores of Satam Island are gentle, while the southern shore is steep. The western and northern shores of the island are bordered by rocky, and the eastern and southern shores by rocky dry land up to 0.3 kbt wide.

The relief of the island is flat; along its middle part there is a hollow, dividing the island into two parts. The slopes of the ravine are gentle towards the western and eastern shores of the island.

3 kbt to S and 2.5 kbt to SW from the southern coast of Satam Island lie two low rocky islets, bordered by a rocky dry land up to 0.3 kbt wide.

1 mile to the SW from Satam Island lie the Gorelye Islands (Ostrova Gorelyye) - a group of islands and islets 5.2-21.8 m high.

Between the islands of Satam and Terroiha there are many drying and underwater hazards, and between and to the north of the islands of Satam and Ryavoluda there are several banks.

Student Islands(Ostrova Studentsy) lie 2.8 miles W of Satam Island. The largest of the Studentsy islands, the northwestern coast of which is steep, is overgrown with mixed forest; The southern part of the island is flat, and the northern part is hilly, the slopes of the hills are gentle.

To the west and south of the largest of the Studentsy islands there are low islands covered with mixed forest, and to the east there are rocky islands covered with tundra vegetation. 1.1 miles W from the northern tip of the larger of the Studentsy Islands lies the 2nd Kladovyy Island (Ostrov Kladovyy Vtoroy), covered with tundra vegetation.

The Studentsi Islands lie on one common dry land and are separated from the shore of the mainland by a narrow, shallow, partially drying strait, in which there are many stones.

Kamostrov Island(Ostrov Kamostrov) (65°07" N, 34°42" E) 6.1 m high rocky overgrowth of coniferous forest. The coast of the island is low, the northwestern coast is higher than the others.

Cape Myagmiostrov(Mys Myagmiostrov) is the northeastern tip of the island of Kamostrov.

Podtaibolskaya Bay(Podtaybol "skaya Guba) (65°06.7" N, 34°40.7" E) shallow water juts into the Karelian coast of the bay.

The lip is accessible to boats with a draft of up to 0.8 m in full water. She can serve convenient place parking for small vessels. The western shore of the bay is low, only in its southwestern section there are hills. The southwestern part of the lip is drying out; The drainage here is silty and viscous.

Depths at the entrance to the bay are 3-4 m, in the central part 2 m.

Cape Yudin (Mys Yudin) (65°07" N, 34°41" E) is low, overgrown with forest, bordered by a rocky dry land up to 0.2 kb wide.

Letneretskaya Bay(Letneretskaya Guba) juts into the coast between Cape Yudin and Cape Marknavolok, located 1.7 miles N from it.

The lip is accessible in full water for boats and dinghies with a draft of up to 0.9 m, subject to knowledge of local navigation conditions.

The banks of the lip are low, rocky in places and overgrown with forest. The non-navigable Letnaya River (Reka Letnaya) flows into the top of the bay. On the right bank of the river near the mouth is the village of Letnaya Reka.

Several coves jut into the shores of the lip. At the entrance to the bay and in it itself there are several islands and many surface and underwater rocks.

Depths in the bay are predominantly less than 5 m; The bottom is uneven, and among dangerous shallow waters there are holes with depths of up to 10 m or more.

There are many dangers on the approaches to the lip.

Notable points. Landmarks when approaching Letneretskaya Bay can serve as: the wooded island of Kegostrov, or Yendostrov (Ostrov Kegostrov, Yendostrov), 8.7 m high, and the islet of Endostrovskaya Luda (Ostrovok Yendos-trovskaya Luda), 3.3 m high, located respectively 3 kbt to N and 5.5 kbt to NNE from Cape Yudin; Yulmyuki Island (Ostrov Yul"myuki), located 3 kbt NNE from Cape Marknavolok, and Zelenaya Luda Island (65°09" N, 34°48" E).

Tidal currents. The tidal current enters Letneretskaya Bay from NNE. The ebb current is in the opposite direction.

Green Luda Island(Ostrov Zelyonaya Luda) 23 m high, granite, covered with a layer of peat and moss, located 2.6 miles E from Cape Marknavolok. There is a mass grave at the southwestern tip of the island.

Jar with a distinctive depth of 2 m lies 1.4 miles SSW from the southwestern tip of Zelenaya Luda Island.

At 0.3 kbt NNE from the bank there is a stone with a depth of 1.4 m.

Alignment of signs Letneretsky First(Letneretskiy Pervyy Leading Beacons) (65°07.6" N, 34°43.7" E) leads from the sea to the entrance to Letneretskaya Bay. The forward target sign is installed on the low rocky island of Dolgaya Luda.

Shallows with depths less than 5 m protrude towards each other 1.2 miles WSW from the southwestern tip of Zelenaya Luda Island and 4.8 kbt to 35 NE from the northern tip of Dolgaya Luda Island. Between these shallows is the narrowest point of passage into the bay; depths of 1.2-1.6 m are located here in close proximity to the W of the middle of the passage.

Anchor places. The anchorage for ships with a draft of up to 5.4 m is located on the External Letneretskiy Roadstead (Vneshniy Letneretskiy Road), which is located 8 kbt SE from Yulmyuki Island. The depths here are 7-11 m; soil - silt, stone and sand. Banks with depths of 0.2-5 m are scattered near the roadstead.

In high water, vessels with a draft of up to 0.7 m can enter the Letnyaya River and anchor opposite the village of Letnyaya Reka. The depths here are 1-2 m; soil - silt and stone. Local small vessels are pulled ashore near the village of Letnyaya Reka in winter.

Instructions for entering Letneretskaya Bay. When sailing to the Outer Letneretsky roadstead from the Western Solovetskaya Strait, Salma should, from a point located approximately 1 mile E from the island of Ryavoluda, take a course of 303°, with the island of Zelenaya Luda directly on the bow of the ship. Having reached the Letneretsky First alignment (target direction 99.8°-279.8°), you should lie down on this alignment. When the distance to the island of Dolgaya Luda is 1.1 miles, you should turn right and follow to the Outer Letneretsky roadstead, being careful of the shoals described above, protruding from the islands of Zelenaya Luda and Dolgaya Luda, and banks with depths of 1.4-5.2 m. Approaching to Yulmyuki Island at 5-6 kbt, you can anchor. Depths at anchorage are 7-11 m.

When heading to the Outer Letneretsky roadstead from the NE from the White Sea Basin, you must leave the island of Zelenaya Luda at a distance of at least 2 miles to 10 W and NW and, when reaching the Letneretsky First site, be guided by the above instructions.

You should exit the roadstead in the opposite direction.