The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay (), is a large bay on the
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...
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,
Kresta Bay and
Cape Chukotsky on the
Chukchi Peninsula
The Chukchi Peninsula (also Chukotka Peninsula or Chukotski Peninsula; , ''Chukotskiy poluostrov'', short form , ''Chukotka''), at about 66° N 172° W, is the easternmost peninsula of Asia. Its eastern end is at Cape Dezhnev near the village ...
. 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.
Whale
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s such as
bowhead and
gray
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may appear close to shore.
Civilization
The town of
Anadyr, the administrative centre of
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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, is located on the Anadyr Estuary.
Provideniya, 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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