Kolyuchin Bay (russian: Колючинская губа; ''Kolyuchinskaya guba'') is a large bay in the Chukchi Sea on the northern shore of the

Chukotka 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 ...

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. Administratively this bay belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the

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Geography

To the west is

Cape Vankarem Cape Vankarem is a cape in the Chukchi Sea on the northern coast of Chukotka between Cape Schmidt to the west and Kolyuchinskaya Bay to the east. It projects from a sandspit across the mouth of a lagoon into which flows the Vankarem River. At ...

and to the east Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon and Cape Serdtse-Kamen. The length of the bay is 100 km. Its mouth is only 2.8 km because of the Serykh Gusey Islands and the Belyaka Spit (Kosa Belyaka), separate it from the Arctic Ocean. The width increases to 37 km as it goes southwards and inland. The depth of Kolyuchinskaya Bay is 7 to 14 m. The bay is covered with ice most of the year. This bay has an inlet in its southern end known as the Kuetkuyyim Inlet (Kuetkuyyim Zaliv). The Ioniveyem and the Ulyuveyem River flow into it from the south.

History

In 1793, the bay was named Count Bezborodko Bay in honor of Russian statesman

Alexander Bezborodko Prince Alexander Andreyevich Bezborodko (russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Безборо́дко; 6 April 1799) was the Grand Chancellor of Russian Empire and chief architect of Catherine the Great's foreign policy aft ...

.Леонтьев В. В., Новикова К. А. Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР. — Магадан: Магаданское книжное издательство, 1989. — С. 199. The locals could not get accustomed to this name and the bay was later renamed Kolyuchinskaya after nearby

Kolyuchin Island Kolyuchin Island or Koliuchin Island (russian: Остров Колючин, ) is a small island in the Chukchi Sea. It is not far from the coast, being only from the northern shore of the Chukotka Peninsula. Its latitude is 67° 28' N and its long ...

References

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