![KamchatkaKaraginskiyGulf](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/KamchatkaKaraginskiyGulf.png)
Karaginsky Gulf (russian: Карагинский залив) is a large gulf in the
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...
off the northeastern coast of
Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and wes ...
(
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
), which cuts deep inland. The depth of the gulf is between . The largest island in the gulf is the
Karaginsky Island
Karaginsky Island or Karaginskiy Island (russian: Карагинский остров) is an island in the Karaginsky Gulf of the Bering Sea. The -wide strait between the Kamchatka Peninsula and this island is called Litke Strait. Karaginsky Isl ...
, separated from the mainland by the
Litke Strait (width: ). The Karaginsky Gulf is covered with ice from December until June.
External links
Satellite image from Google
Gulfs of Russia
Gulfs of the Pacific Ocean
Bays of the Bering Sea
Bodies of water of the Kamchatka Peninsula
Pacific Coast of Russia
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