Nordvik Bay ( rus, Бухта нордвик, r=Bukhta Nordvik; sah, Нордвик хомото, ''Nordvik xomoto'') is a gulf in the

Laptev Sea The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, t ...

in the north of

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. Lat 73° 45' and long 112°. Nordvik Bay and most of its surrounding area belongs to the Sakha Republic administrative division of the

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Geography

It is located Southeast of the mouth of the

Khatanga Gulf The Khatanga Gulf or Khatanga Bay (russian: Хатангский залив) is a large tidal estuary in the Laptev Sea. It is relatively narrow, its length being with a maximum width of . Geography The Bolshoy Begichev Island divides the gulf i ...

, between two small peninsulas. The landspit in the west is the Uryung Tumus Peninsula, where there was formerly a village called

Nordvik Nordvik is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1917 until its dissolution in 1962. The island municipality encompassed the central part of the island of Dønna as well as the smaller surrounding is ...

and an infamous

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that lies now deserted. The peninsula in the east is called Nordvik Peninsula, with Cape Paksa at its northern end, and on its eastern side lies the Anabar Bay. Nordvik Bay is 39 km wide and it has a regular semicircular shape. It is quite shallow, its average depth being around 6 m. It is circled by lowlands and, since the climate in the area is exceptionally severe, with prolonged, bitter winters, Nordvik Bay is covered by ice most of the year.

History

The name literally means "North Bay" in Norwegian. It was discovered and named by the Russian

Great Northern Expedition The Great Northern Expedition (russian: Великая Северная экспедиция) or Second Kamchatka Expedition (russian: Вторая Камчатская экспедиция) was one of the largest exploration enterprises in hi ...

in 1739. During the 1930s this area experienced a limited boom owing to the first icebreaker convoys plying the

Northern Sea Route The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, ''Severnyy morskoy put'', shortened to Севморпуть, ''Sevmorput'') is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of No ...

Tiksi Bay Tiksi Bay (russian: Бухта Тикси, ''Bukhta Tiksi'') is a bay of the Laptev Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Sakha Republic, Russia. History This bay was first surveyed by Russian Arctic explorer Dmitry Laptev in 1739. It was t ...

and Mys Schmidta had become airports and Nordvik was "a growing town."

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, ''The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena''.

References

External links

The Siberian Sea Road: The Work of the Russian Hydrographical Expedition to the Arctic 1910-1915

Записки Харитона Лаптева (Exploration of the area)
Gulfs of Russia Gulfs of the Laptev Sea Bodies of water of the Sakha Republic Geography of Gulag North Siberian Lowland {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub

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