Surface Forces
Identification
The metadata most plausibly matches the Pacific Fleet surface-force berthing area at the Zavoyko microdistrict of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, specifically the Ilyicheva Bay/Zavoyko Bay naval sector. Public records tie v/ch 40194 to Zavoyko, a procurement notice cites work for that unit at “PRS m. Zavoyko,” and reporting on corvette Gremyashchiy places the brigade’s berth in Ilyicheva Bay at the Zavoyko pier. ([clearspending.ru](https://clearspending.ru/notifications/0173100004516001680/?utm_source=openai))
Confirmed resident force
The strongest open-source confirmation is for v/ch 40194, associated with the 114th water-area-protection formation. An official 16 January 2024 election-commission list for ships in service under v/ch 40194 names corvette Gremyashchiy, small missile ship Smerch, MPK-82, and minesweepers Yakov Balyaev, Pyotr Ilyichev, MT-264, and MT-265; earlier official municipal records also tie Razliv, Iney, MPK-107, and MT-264 to the same unit. ([pkgo.ru](https://www.pkgo.ru/upload/iblock/ab5/ynvjvfqx970xtsbpnn2wpae1ozpy96xt.pdf))
Mission profile
Recent reporting shows the Kamchatka OVR surface group practicing exactly the missions expected from this site: sortie from base under simulated attack during the June 19, 2024 bilateral exercise; anti-diversion and anti-unmanned-boat defense in Avacha Bay in September 2024; Kalibr land-attack firing by Gremyashchiy from Avacha Bay on October 24, 2024; and gunnery by minesweeper Yakov Balyaev against sea and air targets on February 12, 2025. This supports a verified role centered on local base defense, mine countermeasures, and guarded access from Avacha Bay to the Pacific approaches, with at least one attached corvette also used for strike tasks. ([ria.ru](https://ria.ru/20240619/flot-1953846824.html?utm_source=openai))
Geographic relevance
The site sits inside the restricted naval waters of Avacha Bay, adjacent to the Zavoyko peninsula and close to the broader Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky/Vilyuchinsk fleet complex. Regional navigation reporting, citing the standing Avacha Bay rules, identifies both Ilyicheva Bay and Zavoyko Bay as controlled areas managed through the OVR duty system, and local authorities closed the coast from Cape Zavoyko to Cape Vilkova for naval exercises in July 2025. ([kamchatkamedia.ru](https://kamchatkamedia.ru/news/2135676/?utm_source=openai))
Support-unit confidence
The nearby rescue and support placemarks in the supplied metadata are plausible, and secondary order-of-battle and ship-list references do place the 32nd support-vessel detachment and 84th support-vessel brigade at Zavoyko. However, I did not find equally strong official open documentation fixing the 30th rescue detachment, 32nd detachment, or 84th brigade to the exact quays in this record, so those elements should be treated as likely nearby rather than confirmed at the precise plotted berths. ([ru.wikipedia.org](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8?utm_source=openai))