ThePossiet Gulf orPosyet Bay (Russian: Залив Посьета) is abay in the south-western part of thePeter the Great Gulf, between the promontories of Suslov and Gamov. It stretches for 31 kilometres from northeast to southwest and for 33 kilometers from northwest to southeast. The coastline, which forms part of theKhasansky District, is irregular and indented. Several townlets are situated on the bay, includingPossiet,Zarubino, andKraskino.
The crew of the French corvetteCaprice visited the bay in 1852, giving it the name ofd'Anville. Two years later, the coastline was mapped by the expedition ofYevfimy Putyatin, including the schoonerVostok and the frigatePallas. Putyatin had the bay renamed afterConstantine Possiet, one of his associates. In 1855, at the height of theCrimean War, the bay was visited by an Anglo-French squadron whose leaders called it "The Raid of Napoleon", after the first French battleship,Le Napoléon. In July 1938, the construction of an airfield and a submarine servicing facility in the bay aroused the ire of the Japanese and touched off aSoviet-Japanese border conflict known as theBattle of Lake Khasan.[1]
