Baydaratskaya Bay or Baydarata Bay (russian: Байдарацкая губа, Baydaratskaya guba, Tundra Nenets: Пэдарита, ''Pėdarita'') is a gulf in

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, located in the southern part of the

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between the coastline of the

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, the northern end of the

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, and

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. The length of the gulf is approx. 180 km, mouth width - 78 km, depth - up to 20 m.

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Surface water temperature is 5-6C during summertime. The gulf freezes up during winter. The rivers Baydarata, Yuribey,

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, and some others flow into the Baydarata Bay. The gulf contains the following larger

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: Torasovey Island,

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, and Levdiyev Island. The Yamal-Center

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is laid by

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on the

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across the bay from rich gas deposits of the Yamal.

References

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''Breeding conditions for waders in Russian tundras in 1993'' P.S. TomkovichA description of the Baydaraka Gulf in the context of the construction of a gas pipeline
�� Gulfs of the Kara Sea Gulfs of Russia Bodies of water of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Bodies of water of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug {{YamaloNenetsAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub