Kolyma Gulf

Kolyma Gulf

The Kolyma Gulf (Russian: Колымский залив; Kolymskiy Zaliv) is the largest gulf of the East Siberian Sea. Its western limits are the NE projection of the Kolyma Lowlands close to the Medvyezhi Islands in the west and the Nutel'gyrgym Peninsula and Ayon Island in the east, being more than 300 Km wide.

The Kolyma River flows into the sea in the western side of the Kolyma Gulf, forming a huge river delta full of islands. The bay's coastline is lowland dotted with numerous lakes and swamps. The sea in this bay is frozen for over nine months every year and is often clogged with ice floes. Other rivers flowing into the Kolyma Gulf are the Rauchua and the Chukochya River.

The Kolyma Gulf should not be confused with the smaller Kolyma Bay further west.

Administratively the western section of the Kolyma Gulf belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), while its eastern section belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation.

References

* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://www.wetlands.org/Russia/Ru/getfilefromdb.aspx?ID=69106ae6-7c3e-47ac-8966-b55c11a4fb2f Wetlands in Russia]
* [http://epic.awi.de/Publications/BerPolarforsch2004482.pdf Arctic Coastal Dynamics]


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