The Chaunskaya Bay or Chaun Bay (russian: Чаунская губа) is an Arctic bay in the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea ( rus, Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре, r=Vostochno-Sibirskoye more) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Si ...

, in the

Chaunsky District Chaunsky District (russian: Ча́унский райо́н; Chukchi: , ''Čaan rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #46-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located on the northern s ...

of Chukotka, northeast Siberia. There is Port of Pevek.

Geography

The bay is open to the north and is 140 km in length. Its maximum width is 110 km.

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Its mouth is defined by Cape Shelagsky, the end of the

Shelag Range The Shelag Range, Shelag Ridge (russian: Шелагский хребет) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. The area of the range is ...

, to the east and an unnamed part of

Ayon Island Ayon Island is an island in the coast of Chukotka in the East Siberian Sea. The island itself consists mainly of low-lying tundra, and is primarily populated by the Chukchi people, who use the tundra as pasture for their reindeer herds. Geograp ...

to the west. It narrows where the

Pevek Pevek (russian: Певе́к; Chukchi: , ''Pèèkin'' / ''Pèèk'') is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a pe ...

Peninsula on the east approaches Ayon Island. Owing to is northerly location Chaunskaya Bay is covered with ice most of the year. This bay is the center of one of the larger lowlands in Chukotka. A number of rivers flow into the southeastern corner:

Chaun River The Chaun (russian: Чаун) is a stream in Far East Siberia. It flows roughly northwards, passing through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Course The Chaun originates in rivers flowi ...

, Ichuveyem River, Palyavaam River, Lelyuveyem River and Pucheveyem River. There is a protected natural area in the southeast.

Lake Elgygytgyn Lake El'gygytgyn ( Russian and Chukchi: Эльгыгытгын) is an impact crater lake located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in northeast Siberia, about southeast of Chaunskaya Bay. The word "Elgygytgyn" means "white lake" in the Chukchi ...

is about 160 km southeast and the town of

Bilibino Bilibino (russian: Били́бино) is a town and the administrative center of Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. It is the second la ...

about 160 km southwest.

History

The first Russian to reach the area was probably

Mikhail Stadukhin Mikhail Vasilyevich Stadukhin (russian: Михаил Васильевич Стадухин) (died 1666) was a Russian explorer of far northeast Siberia, one of the first to reach the Kolyma, Anadyr, Penzhina and Gizhiga Rivers and the northern Se ...

in 1649.

References

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Bays of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Bays of the East Siberian Sea {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub