Gulf of Anadyr

Gulf of Anadyr

The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay ( _ru. Анадырский залив), is a gulf in the extreme northeast of Siberia, Russia.

Location

It is in the northwestern part of the Bering Sea and extends from Cape Chukchi on the north to Cape Navarin in the south. [The geography described here is taken from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition: "The gulf extends from Cape Chukchi on the north to Cape Navarin on the south, forming part of the Bering Sea."] Its gulf is about 250 miles (400 km) across. It extends into two other bodies of water, the Bay of Krest and the Anadyrskiy Liman. The Gulf of Anadyr is covered with ice normally 10 months a year.

Civilization

The town of Anadyr, the administrative centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is located on its coast.

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