The Olenyok Gulf, also known as Olenek Bay, (russian: Оленёкский залив) is a broad 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, th ...

. It is located WSW of the huge Lena Delta, which forms its eastern limit. There are some islands in the gulf, like Salkay Island in the west and Dzhyangylakh and Eppet in the mouths of the

Olenyok River The Olenyok (russian: Оленёк, sometimes spelled ''Оленек'', ''Olenek''; sah, Өлөөн, Ölöön) is a major river in northern Siberian Russia, west of the lower Lena and east of the Anabar. It is long, of which around is navigable ...

that empties into this gulf. The Olenyok Gulf belongs to the

Sakha Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far E ...

administrative division of the

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Ecology

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are common in the low-salinity waters of the Olenyok Gulf and genetic studies were conducted on them. The flat shores of the bay are a natural habitat for birds such as

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* Gulfs of the Laptev Sea Bodies of water of the Sakha Republic Gulfs of Russia {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub

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