The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay (russian: Анадырский залив), is a large bay on the
Bering Sea in far northeast Siberia. It has a total surface area of
Location
The bay is roughly rectangular and opens to the southeast. The corners are (clockwise from the south) Cape Navarin (another source says the adjacent Cape Thaddeus),
Anadyr Estuary
Anadyrskiy Liman (russian: Анадырский Лиман) or Anadyr Estuary is an estuary on the Gulf of Anadyr in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, Russian Federation. Geography
It is called a liman because it is separated from the Gulf of ...
,
Kresta Bay
Kresta Bay or Kresta Gulf (russian: Залив Креста; ''Zaliv Kresta'') is a large bay of the Gulf of Anadyr on the southern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation. Administratively the bay is part of the Iultinsky District of ...
and
Cape Chukotsky on the
Chukchi 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 ...
. It is about across. A long gravel bar runs along the northeast shore for about east from Kresta Bay. The Gulf of Anadyr is covered with ice normally 10 months a year. Whales such as
bowhead and
gray may appear close to shores.
Civilization
The town of
Anadyr, the administrative centre of
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is located on the Anadyr Estuary.
Provideniya
Provideniya ( rus, Провиде́ния, p=prəvʲɪˈdʲenʲɪjə; Chukchi language, Chukchi: ) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Providensky District of Ch ...
, on Komsomolskaya Bay (formerly Emma Harbor; a branch of
Provideniya Bay), and
Egvekinot, on Kresta Bay, are the next largest coastal settlements.
See also
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Vtoraya River
Notes
References
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* United States Hydrographic Office (1909)
Asiatic pilot, Volume 1.Issues 122-126; Issue 162 of H.O. pub. Gov. Printing Off., Washington. pp 50–51.
Further reading
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Bays of the Bering Sea
Bays of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Anadyr
Anadyr
Pacific Coast of Russia
Bodies of water of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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