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 200,000 km (77,000 sq mi)
4-507: 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 . It is about 250 mi (217 nmi; 402 km) across. A long gravel bar runs along the northeast shore for about 45 miles (39 nmi; 72 km) east from Kresta Bay. The Gulf of Anadyr
8-648: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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 . It is called a liman because it is separated from the Gulf of Anadyr by the Russkaya Koshka spit in the north and another spit (Geka Point) in
12-516: Is covered with ice normally 10 months a year. Whales such as bowhead and gray may appear close to shore. The town of Anadyr , the administrative centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , 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. This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article
16-549: The south. The channel into the Gulf of Anadyr through the bar is in the east. The Anadyr Lowlands are located to the west. Anadyrskiy Liman is divided into three parts. The outer bay receives the Tretya River (its mouth is the notch on the south shore). The southern part of the outer bay is shallow. The inner bay is called Onemen Bay and receives the Velikaya through a narrow bay on the southwest. They are separated by
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