The Khalmyer Bay, also known as Gydan Bay (russian: Гыданская губа) is a bay on the Siberian coast in the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

. It is located in the

Gyda Peninsula The Gyda Peninsula () is a geographical feature of the Siberian coast in the Kara Sea. It takes its name from the river Gyda, that flows on the peninsula. It is roughly 400 km long and 360 km wide. This wide peninsula lies between th ...

and it is roughly 185 km long and 47 km wide at its widest point. Lat 71°30′ N, long 76° E.

Geography

This deep bay lies between the large estuaries of the Ob (

Gulf of Ob The Gulf of Ob ( (russian: Обская губа, Obskaya guba; also known as ''Bay of Ob'', russian: Обский залив, Obsky zaliv, link=no) is a bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in Northern Russia at the mouth of the Ob River.

) and the

Yenisei River The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

. The peninsula formed between this bay and neighbouring

Yuratski Bay The Yuratski Bay (russian: Юрацкая губа; ''Yuratskaya Guba'') is an inlet on the Siberian coast in the Kara Sea. It is located in the Gyda Peninsula and it is roughly 45 km long and 30 km wide at its widest point. Lat 71° 50 ...

is known as the Mamonta Peninsula ( rus, Полуостров Мамонта; ''Poluostrov Mamonta'', meaning '

Mammoth A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus ''Mammuthus'', one of the many genera that make up the order of trunked mammals called proboscideans. The various species of mammoth were commonly equipped with long, curved tusks and, ...

Peninsula') and the narrow peninsula in the NW formed between this bay and the neighbouring

is known as the Yavay Peninsula ( rus, полуостров Явай; ''Poluostrov Yavay''). The Khalmyer Bay is surrounded by tundra coast and there are numerous river mouths on its shores. Deep within the bay lies the settlement of Gyda. At its mouth lie the settlements of Matyuysale and Mongatalyang. This Bay is located in the

Yamal-Nenets autonomous district The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг (ЯНАО), ; yrk, Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ) or Yamalia (russian: Ямалия) is a fed ...

administrative region of the

Russian Federation 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 ...

.Yamalo-Nenets administration information
/ref> The Khalmyer Bay appears also as ''Gydanskaya Guba'' ('Gyda Bay') in maps in Russian.

References

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Bays of the Kara Sea Bays of Russia Bodies of water of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug {{YamaloNenetsAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub