Achava

Achava lies by Avacha Bay, a sheltered inlet on Kamchatka's Pacific coast. Before Russian ships established a base here, Itelmen communities lived around its shores, including the settlements of Tarein, Paratun and Aushin. In 1740 the navigator Ivan Yelagin chose a harbour beside an Itelmen settlement as a base for Vitus Bering's expedition, and buildings were raised near the protected anchorage.