Kolyuchin Bay (; ''Kolyuchinskaya guba'') is a large bay in the

Chukchi Sea The Chukchi Sea (, ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, ...

on the northern shore of the

Chukotka 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 ...

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. Administratively this bay belongs to the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka ( ; ), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border wi ...

of the

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Geography

To the west is Cape Vankarem and to the east

Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon The Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon (Russian: Лагуна Нэскэнпильгын) is a shallow coastal lake in the Chukchi Sea at the northern shore of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia. to the east is Kolyuchinskaya Bay and west, Cape Serdtse-Kamen. T ...

and

Cape Serdtse-Kamen Cape Serdtse-Kamen (, literally translated as "Cape Heart-Stone") is a headland on the northeastern coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka, Russian Federation. It is about 140 km west of Cape Dezhnev, 120 km east of Kolyuchinskaya ...

. 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.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.

References

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