The Olyutor Bay (russian: Олюторский залив) is a gulf or bay of the Bering Sea in

Olyutorsky District Olyutorsky District (russian: Олю́торский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #46 and municipalLaw #339-oz district (raion) of Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the northeast of t ...

, northern part of Kamchatka Krai,

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Geography

It is bounded on the west by the Govena Peninsula which separates it from

Korfa Bay Korf Bay (russian: залив Корфа) is a bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula coast of the Bering Sea in Russia. Geography It is approximately triangular being about wide at the mouth and extending inland about . On the west side, the Ilpi ...

and on the east by the Olyutor Peninsula, the southern part of the

Olyutor Range The Olyutor Range (russian: Олюторский хребет) is a range of mountains in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The range is a mainland prolongation of the subme ...

. Beyond Cape Olyutor lies the Bering Sea. Google EarthРундквист Н. Каприз ''блуждающего пальца. Корякское нагорье'' // Широко шагая. — Екатеринбург: Квист, 2014. — 576 с
/ref> It extends roughly inland and is at its widest. The deepest spot is about . The western shore is dominated by the Pylgin Range, which has a maximum elevation of . The bay is normally covered by

fast ice Fast ice (also called ''land-fast ice'', ''landfast ice'', and ''shore-fast ice'') is sea ice that is "fastened" to the coastline, to the sea floor along shoals or to grounded icebergs.Leppäranta, M. 2011. The Drift of Sea Ice. Berlin: Springer- ...

from December to May. It has a large

tidal range Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and Sun and the rotation of Earth. Tidal range depends on time and location. ...

of up to .

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Bays of the Bering Sea Bays of Russia Bodies of water of the Kamchatka Peninsula Bays of Kamchatka Krai {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub

Geography

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