Ambarchik Bay (russian: бухта Амбарчик) is a shallow bay in the eastern
Kolyma Gulf
The Kolyma Gulf ( Yakut: Халыма хомото, ''Xalıma xomoto''; Russian: Колымский залив, ''Kolymskiy Zaliv'') is the largest gulf of the East Siberian Sea. Geography
The gulf is more than 300 km wide. Its limits are th ...
in the East Siberian Sea. The location is within the
Sakha Autonomous Republic,
Russia
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, located approximately (by air) north-east of
Yakutsk
Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one ...
. The port and
polar station
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Historically few research sta ...
of
Ambarchik
Ambarchik (russian: Амба́рчик) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and a port in Pokhodsky Rural Okrug of Nizhnekolymsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Chersky, the administrative center of the district and from ...
(a transit station during the
Gulag
The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
), is located on the coastline of the bay.
[Great Soviet Encyclopedia, "Амбарчик" link]
Climate
References
Bodies of water of the Sakha Republic
Bays of Russia
Bays of the East Siberian Sea
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