The Olyutor Bay () is a gulf or

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

of 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 ...

Olyutorsky District Olyutorsky District () 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 the krai. The area of the district is . Its ad ...

, northern part of

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Geography

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

Korfa Bay Korf Bay () 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 Ilpinsky Peninsula separates it fr ...

and on the east by the

Olyutor Peninsula Olyutor Peninsula () is a peninsula in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation. The nearest town is Tilichiki, Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The peninsula is named after the Olyutor people, the ancient inhabitants of the area.Leontiev V.V. , Novik ...

, the southern part of the

Olyutor Range The Olyutor Range () 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 submerged Shirshov Ridge of the Bering Sea. ...

. Beyond

Cape Olyutor Cape Olyutor () is a cape in the Bering Sea, in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It points south at the southern end of the Olyutor Peninsula, the southern end of the Olyutor Range.Google Earth It was named after the Alyutor ethnic group. ...

lies the Bering Sea.

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/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 or lake 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. B ...

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, by Earth's rotation and by centrifugal force caused by Earth's prog ...

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

See also

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