The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay (russian: Анадырский залив), is a large bay on the
Bering Sea in far northeast Siberia. It has a total surface area of
Location
The bay is roughly rectangular and opens to the southeast. The corners are (clockwise from the south) Cape Navarin (another source says the adjacent Cape Thaddeus),
Anadyr Estuary
Anadyrskiy Liman (russian: Анадырский Лиман) or Anadyr Estuary is an estuary on the Gulf of Anadyr in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, Russian Federation. Geography
It is called a liman because it is separated from the Gulf of ...
,
Kresta Bay
Kresta Bay or Kresta Gulf (russian: Залив Креста; ''Zaliv Kresta'') is a large bay of the Gulf of Anadyr on the southern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation. Administratively the bay is part of the Iultinsky District of ...
and
Cape Chukotsky on the
Chukchi Peninsula
The Chukchi Peninsula (also Chukotka Peninsula or Chukotski Peninsula; russian: Чуко́тский полуо́стров, ''Chukotskiy poluostrov'', short form russian: Чуко́тка, ''Chukotka''), at about 66° N 172° W, is the eastern ...
. It is about across. A long gravel bar runs along the northeast shore for about east from Kresta Bay. The Gulf of Anadyr is covered with ice normally 10 months a year. Whales such as
bowhead and
gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
may appear close to shores.
Civilization
The town of
Anadyr Anadyr may refer to:
*Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr District
*Anadyr Estuary
*Anadyr (river), a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr Highlands
*Anadyr Lowlands
*Operati ...
, the administrative centre of
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is located on the Anadyr Estuary.
Provideniya
Provideniya ( rus, Провиде́ния, p=prəvʲɪˈdʲenʲɪjə; Chukchi language, Chukchi: ) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Providensky District of Ch ...
, on Komsomolskaya Bay (formerly Emma Harbor; a branch of
Provideniya Bay
Providence Bay (russian: Бу́хта Провиде́ния, ''Bukhta Provideniya'') is a fjord in the southern coast of the Chukchi Peninsula of northeastern Siberia. It was a popular rendezvous, wintering spot, and provisioning spot for whaler ...
), and
Egvekinot
Egvekinot (russian: Эгвекино́т; Chukchi: , ''Èrvyḳynnot'', lit. ''sharp, hard land'')Fute, p. 125 is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Iultinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ...
, on Kresta Bay, are the next largest coastal settlements.
See also
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Vtoraya River
The Vtoraya Rechka (russian: Вторая Речка, literal translation: "second river") is a stream in Far East Russia. It is long. It flows through a region of wetlands and tundra into the Bering Sea at the Anadyr Bay, close to the Tretya R ...
Notes
References
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* United States Hydrographic Office (1909)
Asiatic pilot, Volume 1.Issues 122-126; Issue 162 of H.O. pub. Gov. Printing Off., Washington. pp 50–51.
Further reading
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Bays of the Bering Sea
Bays of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Anadyr Anadyr may refer to:
*Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr District
*Anadyr Estuary
*Anadyr (river), a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr Highlands
*Anadyr Lowlands
*Operati ...
Anadyr Anadyr may refer to:
*Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr District
*Anadyr Estuary
*Anadyr (river), a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Anadyr Highlands
*Anadyr Lowlands
*Operati ...
Pacific Coast of Russia
Bodies of water of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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