Primorsky Krai is one of the subjects of the Russian Far East, bordering the Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, the PRC and the DPRK and washed by the Sea of Japan. Almost ten settlements of the region are equated to the regions of the Far North. In addition to the mainland, Primorye includes numerous groups of islands. Primorsky Krai has a well-developed network of railways and roads, an international airport and several helipads, as well as seaports, which play an important role in the transport links of the region. The largest cities are Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Artem, Ussuriisk, Partizansk.
Maps of Primorsky Krai cities:
Map of Primorsky Krai online
Primorsky Krai is rich in a number of large and unique deposits of various minerals: fluorspar, tungsten, lead, tin, coal, non-ferrous metals (including silver and gold), boron. Numerous medical and sanatorium complexes operate on the basis of underground mineral and mud springs. In recent years, promising development of deposits of precious stones (diamonds, corundum, sapphires, opals and others) has been carried out, oil and gas production has been intensified.
The ethnic composition is quite diverse: Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, Koreans and Chinese, Tatars, Uzbeks and Mordovians, Armenians and Azerbaijanis, as well as indigenous minorities - Nanai, Taz and Udege. The main religion is Orthodoxy, but the Old Believers, Islam, Buddhism, the Mormon organization and other confessions are also widespread. Administrative divisions are urban and municipal districts, which include both urban and rural settlements.
The main economically profitable sectors of the industry are oil production and transportation, mining, chemical production, fishing, and commercial shipping.
Primorye is rich in all kinds of attractions, which attracts a huge number of tourists here throughout the year. So, for example, the fortification museum "Vladivostok Fortress" is a unique military-historical object that has no analogues in the world, and the Shaiginskoye settlement is a natural monument to the ancient state of Jing. The House-Museum of the Sukhanovs is a one-of-a-kind Far Eastern museum, the expositions of which tell about the life and life of the tsarist official. The Vladivostok funicular offers a stunning view of the city's panorama, which is especially beautiful at night. Nakhodka "Stone of Friendship" is a memorial sign in honor of the twin cities. In the region, shops selling items of local folk crafts, as well as national clothes and handmade jewelry are widespread.
Anna Bay is a bay in the eastern part of Peter the Great Bay, located between the Gembachev and Gambetsky capes. The bay is 1.7 km long and 0.9 km wide. Anna Bay consists of a number of small small bays and, thanks to the semi-enclosed water area, is well protected from high waves. The coastline of the bay is varied - sections of sandy and pebble beaches are interspersed with sheer cliffs. The hills surrounding the bay are covered with oak and bushes.
Astafiev bay
Astafiev Bay is located on the territory of the Marine Reserve in the Khasan region and therefore is not crowded. The water here is so clean that even from the nearest hill you can see the sandy bottom. The white quartz sand of the beach shines in the sun, eclipsing the pristine beaches of tropical resorts. Astafiev Bay is protected from the wind by the surrounding high hills.
Babkina Bay
Babkina Bay is a bay on the western coast of Russky Island in the Peter the Great Bay. First mapped (with some distortion) in 1959. It was studied in more detail and mapped in 1862 by the expedition of Lieutenant Colonel of the Naval Navigation Corps V.M. Babkina. At the same time of the expedition, the bay was named after the name of the head of the expedition V.M. Babkin, an outstanding explorer of the Sea of Japan.
Cormorant Bay
Baklan Bay is a large bay in the Peter the Great Bay near the village of Slavyanka. The bay is located on the Bruce Peninsula between Cape Teal and the Clerk Peninsula. Opposite the Baklan Bay there are Antipenko and Sibiryakov islands. The Poima River flows into the middle of the bay. In the central part of the bay there are sandy beaches with shallow depths. To the north, the coast is covered with forest and becomes more rocky and steep. To the south of the Poyma River, the plants of Primorsky Krai are represented by forbs and shrubs.
Boisman Bay
Boisman Bay is located on the western shore of the Peter the Great Bay between Klerk and Red Capes. The coast of Boisman Bay is one large beach, pebbly in places, and sandy in places. Sandy beaches are especially good in the northern half of the bay - from the mouth of the Ryazanovka River to Cape Klerk. Not far from it, in the northern part of the bay, is the small island of Klerk.
Valentine's bay
Valentin Bay is a unique corner of nature located in the Lazovsky District of the Primorsky Territory. The bay was discovered on July 30, 1860 by the expedition of V.M. Babkin, who explored the waters of the Far East on the Vostok schooner. It is thanks to the date of the opening of the bay that it was named "Valentine", in honor of the holy great martyr St. Valentine.
Wrangel Bay
Wrangel Bay is a bay in the eastern part of Nakhodka Bay, located between the capes of Petrovsky and Kamensky. The length of the bay is 3.5 km, the maximum width is 1.5 km. The bay was discovered in 1860 by the expedition of Vasily Babkin, who explored the coast of the Sea of Japan on the Vostok steam schooner. Named after Bernhard Wrangel, Russian navigator and hydrograph.
Gorshkov bay
Gorshkov Bay, located to the south of Cape Lev, between Capes Vysoky (in the south) and Sosnovy (in the north), is the last in a series of bays of the Far Eastern State Marine Reserve (Astafiev, Srednaya, Gorshkov, Salvation, Nerpichya) in the vicinity of the Gamov Peninsula and Vityaz Bay.
Golden Horn Bay
The Golden Horn Bay is a bay in the Peter the Great Bay, on both banks of which the port city of Vladivostok is located. The bay is located on the northern shore of the Eastern Bosphorus Strait between Tigrovy and Goldobina capes. From the northwest, the bay is bordered by the Shkot peninsula.
Kalevala bay
A very picturesque bay with a beautiful sandy beach. Even on the most serene summer days, the Kalevala Bay is almost deserted: it is difficult to reach it and it is located in the protected area of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve.
Shallow Bay
Melkovodnaya Bay belongs to the Khasansky District of the Primorsky Territory and is located south of the Peschaniy Peninsula - between Cape Ogranovich and the right slope of Stolovaya Mountain. The bay is really shallow; with silted and overgrown grass, bottom; with low-lying, overgrown with reeds and bushes, banks. On the coast of the bay is the village of Beregovoe. A small river flows into the apex of the bay.
Muravyinaya Bay
Muravyinaya Bay is a bay in the Ussuri Bay of the Sea of Japan, located between Cape Turtle and Obryvisty. Until 1974 it was called Maitun. The shores of the bay, excluding the south-western coast, are low, bordered by sandy beaches. The rivers Shkotovka and Artemovka flow into the top of the bay.
Narva bay
Narva Bay is located in the eastern part of the Amur Bay and is bounded in the north by Cape Turek on the Lomonosov Peninsula and Cape Brynner in the south, behind which there is a small Bay of Geka and further - the vast Yankovsky Peninsula. A significant part of the coast of Narva Bay is composed of yellow sand. The Narva River flows into the bay.
Nerpichya Bay
Nerpichya Bay belongs to the Khasansky District and is one of five bays (Astaf'eva, Srednaya, Gorshkov, Salvation, Nerpichya) that are part of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve in the vicinity of Vityaz Bay and the Gamov Peninsula.
Novgorodskaya bay
Novgorodskaya Bay is located inside the Posiet Bay and you can get into it by sea by passing the Astafiev and Shelekh capes. The entrance to the bay is opposite the tip of the Nazimov Spit, between the Reid Pallada and Expedition bays.
Pavlovsky bay
Pavlovsky Bay is a bay in the eastern part of Strelok Bay in Peter the Great Bay. It got its name in 1892 in honor of the commander of the gunboat "Ermine" Captain P.S. Pavlovsky. In Soviet times, Pavlovsky Bay was the main base for diesel and then nuclear submarines of the Pacific Fleet.
Cove Patroclus
Patroclus Bay is located on the southern coast of the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, going into the northern part of the Bosphorus-Vostochny Strait. Patroclus Bay is the easternmost of the bays on the southern coast of the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula (Golden Horn, Diomed, Ulysses, Patroclus). The shores of the bay are high, rocky, steep, heavily wooded.
Reid Pallas Bay
Reid Pallada Bay, washing the Krabbe Peninsula, is home to many commercial fish: herring, navaga, flounder, greenling, smelt, etc. In summer, along with warm southern currents, come here: mackerel, tuna, horse mackerel, ivasi. The migratory routes of salmon are also located here: pink salmon, chum salmon, sims. The world of invertebrates is exceptionally rich - trepangs, sea urchins, scallops, squids, octopuses, crabs, anadars, spisules and shrimps live here. Clean sea water and prey fishing in Primorye - all this is the Reid Pallada Bay.
Rifovaya bay
Rifovaya Bay is located between the De-Livron and Rifovy capes, near the village of Yuzhno-Morskaya and 40 km from Nakhodka. The bay is characterized by low shores bordered by extensive sandy beaches. The beaches of the bay stretch for 2-3 km and are a favorite vacation spot on the sea.
Salvation Bay
Salvation Bay is a small bay in the northeast of the Gamow peninsula, adjacent to Astafiev Bay. The bay is bounded by capes and has a pebble bottom. Opposite the bay there are small islets and the cordon of the marine reserve. The famous dense-flowered pines grow on the rocky and steep shores of the promontories that border the bay.
Calm Bay
Spokoynaya Bay is a small bay in the Sea of Japan, located 30 km from the city of Nakhodka in the direction of the village. Oriental. The name of the bay itself suggests that there are no winds and a warm sea with clear emerald water. In addition, Spokoynaya Bay attracts sea lovers with its magnificent clean beaches of fine white sand.
Srednyaya Bay
Srednyaya Bay is one of the most beautiful places in South Primorye, where the nature of the Primorsky Territory is presented in its full beauty. The bay is part of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve and one of its cordons is located here. On the shores of Srednyaya Bay, there are mysterious and mysterious oak "Druidic" forests, and the hard bottom of white sand is perfectly combined with blue water.
Sukhodol Bay
Sukhodol Bay (old name Kangauz) is a bay in the Ussuri Bay of the Sea of Japan. The bay is bounded from the north by Cape Azaryev and from the south by Cape Krasny. In the east, the rivers Sukhodol (old name Kangauz) and Petrovka flow into the bay. The banks are low, overgrown with grass. The northern and southern shores, on the other hand, are rocky and steep. The depths in the bay are shallow, with a silted bottom near the coast.
Primorsky Krai is a region located in the south of the Russian Far East. The Primorsky Territory map shows that the region borders on the Khabarovsk Territory, the Sea of Japan, the DPRK and the PRC. The area of the region is 164 673 sq. km.
Today Primorsky Krai is divided into 22 municipal districts and 12 districts. The region includes 116 villages and 29 urban settlements. The largest cities in the region are Vladivostok (administrative center), Ussuriysk, Nakhodka, Arsenyev and Artyom.
The mining industry is well developed in the region. Brown coal, non-ferrous metals, oil, gas, gold, boron, etc. are mined on the territory of the Primorsky Territory. The large sectors of the economy are the timber and fishing industries.
Historical reference
The territory of modern Primorsky Territory belonged to the state of Bohai. The fall of the Jurchens took place in the 13th century due to the attacks of the Mongol Tatars. Later, the lands passed to the Jin Empire, and after the Beijing Treaty they began to belong to the Russian Empire.
The development of the Far East by the Russians began in the 19th century. The Primorsk region was created, which in 1920 was transformed into the Far Eastern Republic, and then into the Far Eastern Territory. In 1938, the Primorsky Territory was created.
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On a detailed satellite map of Primorsky Krai, you can see various natural attractions: the Brother and Sestra hills, the Far Eastern Marine Reserve, the Sikhote-Alinsky and Ussuriysky reserves, the Borisovskoe plateau and Vasilkovsky reserves, the Udege legend and the Call of the Tiger national parks ...
Among the natural attractions, it is worth noting the numerous bays, waterfalls, mountains, caves, capes and islands of the Primorsky Territory.
Primorsky Krai, which is part of the Far Eastern Federal District, is located on the coast of the Sea of Japan, on the very edge in the southeastern part of the Russian Federation. It has a length of about 900 km and borders China in the west and in the south-west of the DPRK. It includes 12 large cities and 25 districts and 46 municipalities.
Satellite map of Primorsky Krai represents satellite photo of Primorsky Krai in high definition. Use + and - in the left corner of the map to enlarge the satellite image of Primorsky Krai.
Primorsky Krai. Satellite view
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The capital of the Vladivostok district, once a military outpost of Russia, today is a large scientific, cultural and industrial center of the Far East. Here sea voyages to Sakhalin and Kamchatka begin and end, trade routes pass. In addition to the administrative center of the region, its main cities include Artem, Ussuriisk and Nakhodka, with a population of over 100 thousand people.
Vladivostok. Satellite map online
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In addition to the mainland, the Primorsky Territory also includes the islands, which received their names in honor of the great sailors. The islands Russian, Putyatin, Petrov, have long been a part of Russian history.
About 6,000 rivers flow through the territory of the region, with a total length of more than 18,000 km. Large waterways of the Primorsky Territory Ussuri, Arsenyevka, Bolshaya Ussurka. Conventionally, all rivers in the region can be divided into 2 watersheds. Rivers flowing from Mount Sikhote-Alin into the Sea of Japan and flowing into the Peter the Great Gulf. In addition, there is also the largest lake in the Far East, Khanka, rich in fish and birds. Of particular interest for connoisseurs of beauty is Lake Orekhovoe, where you can admire the most beautiful lotuses.
The climate of Primorsky Krai is monsoon, temperate with a large number of sunny days. Winters are usually short and with little snow, while summers are warm, without sweltering heat. The richness of flora and fauna of local latitudes is simply amazing. Large areas are occupied by deciduous forests, and mountain peaks are covered with tundra vegetation.
There are also unique attractions in the Primorsky Territory, which include a monument of defensive architecture, the Vladivostok Fortress, Smolny Waterfalls, the Kingdom of Caves by the Artemovka River, and the ancient Lozovy Reef. Traveling around Primorye, one cannot but visit the Livadia Bay, the Call of the Tiger National Park, the historical and literary museum in the village of Chuguevka, where the childhood and adolescence of the writer A. Fadeev passed. Not to see the Sikhote-Alin volcanic field, Kravtsovskie waterfalls. And in the large metropolitan areas of Primorye, there are many interesting museums, galleries and exhibition halls. Coastal cities amaze with their architectural monuments, old houses with graceful decorations and irresistible temples.
It is simply not possible to describe all the unusual and fascinating places of the Primorsky Territory, it contains the most interesting sights that you definitely need to see with your own eyes. Primorye is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful corners of Russia.
Primorsky Krai is located in the south of the Far East. This region is located on the border with China and the DPRK. Use the satellite map of Primorsky Krai to view its location, settlements, roads and other objects. Zoom around the area and find out where the main train stations and airports are in the region.
The northern part of Primorye is bordered by the Khabarovsk Territory. These 2 regions are linked by road, rail and air. And in the south and east, as can be seen on the map of Primorsky Krai with diagrams, its territory is washed by the Sea of Japan. The coastal area is dotted with a large number of small bays, including such as:
- Ussuriysk;
- East;
- Shooter;
- Posyet;
- Amursky.
The territory of the seaside is mountainous. The cities and towns, which are displayed on the map of Primorsky Krai with regions, are located in the lowlands. Several large islands are part of Primorye:
- Popov;
- Russian;
- Askold;
- Reinecke;
- Putyatin.
Of the water bodies, the largest ones can be singled out - Lake Khanka and the Ussuri River. On the shores of these reservoirs, there are many tourist centers, fishing and hunting are conducted.
Districts on the map of Primorsky Krai
Primorye is divided into 22 regions, 4 of which are included in the zone of the Far North:
- Terneisky;
- Dalnegorsky;
- Olginsky;
- Kavalerovsky.
These areas on the map of Primorsky Krai are distinguished by the least developed infrastructure, a small number of settlements and difficult living conditions. There are almost no economic objects, industrial enterprises, trade is poorly developed.
There are numerous hunting grounds in the region. In Chuguevskaya and Terneisky, there is a hunt for red deer and elk, and in Lazovsky and Pozharsky there are wild boars and bears. On a detailed map of Primorsky Krai, you can find suitable places for outdoor activities, hunting and ecotourism. Also in the region is Lake Elma with a large supply of mineral springs and curative mud.
The largest districts in Primorye:
- Spassky;
- Krasnoarmeisky;
- Terneisky.
The railway runs along the western border of the region. The Transsib railway runs from here to Moscow. In the northern regions, transport links are poorly developed. A detailed road map of Primorsky Krai shows that the main highways pass through the southern and western regions.
Knevichi international airport is located near Vladivostok. There are also several major ports in the region, the main activity of which is related to fishing and container cargo transportation.
Map of Primorsky Krai with cities and villages
There are 29 cities and 116 villages in Primorye. The most significant city in the region is Vladivostok. It is a large industrial, port and economic center of the region. The population of the capital of the region is more than 600 thousand people. If you use a map of Primorsky Krai with settlements, then on it you can find all objects of Vladivostok, examine its streets, find railway stations and an airport.
The second most important city is Ussuriisk. The largest cities of the region are connected by the A-184 highway. To the north of Ussuriisk, on the border with China, there is the main attraction of Primorye - Lake Khanka. This is the purest freshwater lake, which is home to a huge number of fish. There are several small settlements here, which can be seen on the map of Primorsky Krai with villages:
- Mayskoe;
- Novonikolaevka;
- Troitskoe;
- Astrakhanka.
The main recreation and fishing centers are located in these villages. Fishing is carried out here all year round.
Another “visiting card” of the region is the 6-lane road bridge passage across the bay, which connects the districts of Vladivostok, and its length is almost 1.5 km. You can find the bridge on the map of Primorsky Krai with cities and villages. In the evening, tourists and residents of the city like to walk along it. Numerous lights and bright lights make it a very romantic place.
Economy and industry of Primorsky Krai
Due to natural resources, location on the border of neighboring developed countries, as well as a large number of factories and factories, Primorye is a large industrial region. The regional economy is represented by such industries as:
- metallurgy;
- mechanical engineering;
- mining;
- energy;
- tourism;
- international trade.
From the ports of the region, which can be found on Yandex maps of the Primorsky Territory, millions of tons of cargo are sent annually. Fishing makes a significant contribution to the economy of Primorye. The enterprises of the region also produce spare parts for cars, food products, electric and heat energy. The region produces gold, diamonds and other rare minerals.
Tourism is of great importance for the region. The largest reserves and hunting grounds are located in Primorye. Tourists are offered rafting on rivers, visiting natural and archaeological sites, hunting wild animals and waterfowl. Big cities greet those arriving in the region with modern comfortable hotels. Also in small settlements there are recreation centers for those who love active tourism.