- Yana Bay
The Yana Bay (Russian: Янский залив; Yanskiy Zaliv) is the most important gulf of the
Laptev Sea . It is located betweenCape Buor-Khaya on its western side and theEbelyakh Bay at its eastern end.The
Yana River flows into theYana Bay , forming a hugeriver delta (10,200 km²) that takes up much of the bay's coastline. The sea in this wide gulf is frozen for about nine months every year and is often clogged with ice floes.Yarok is a large flat island located east of the main mouths of the Yana. Other islands in the Yana Bay are Makar and theShelonsky Islands . East of these islands lies a deep inlet stretching southwards known in Russian asSellyakhskaya Guba .Administratively the Yana Bay belongs to the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of theRussian Federation .History
In 1712
Yakov Permyakov and his companionMerkury Vagin , the first recorded Russian explorers of the area, crossed the Yana Bay on dogsled from the mouth of the Yana River toBolshoy Lyakhovsky over the ice in order to explore the then unknown island. Unfortunately Permyakov and Vagin were killed on the way back from their exploration by mutineering expedition members.In 1892-1894
Baron Eduard Von Toll , accompanied by expedition leaderAlexander von Bunge , carried out geological surveys in the area on behalf of the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences.References
* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/1099-1530(200004/06)11:2%3C137::AID-PPP345%3E3.0.CO%3B2-L Thermokarst and land-ocean interactions, Laptev sea region, Russia]
* [http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ppp.387.abs Permafrost thickness evolution models for the Laptev Sea shelf and coastal lowlands ]
* [http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818105000585 Geochemistry of Surficial and Ice-rafted Sediments ]
* [http://www.unep.org/dewa/giwa/areas/reports/r1a/assessment_giwa_r1a.pdf Benthofauna]
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