Anabar Bay

Anabar Bay opens towards the north and it is about 76 km in width. It includes the estuary of the Anabar River which is about 40 km long with an average width of 10 km. Three rivers have their mouths at the beginning of the estuary, the Anabar in the center, the Uele from the east, and the Suolama from the southwest.^[1][2][3]

The climate is Arctic and extremely severe, with prolonged, bitter winters so that the bay is covered by ice most of the year.

Anabar Bay and its surrounding area belongs to the

Fauna

The

There were two settlements in the Anabar Bay area, during Soviet times. One was Khorgo, at the mouth of the bay, and the other Tostuya, further inland at the point where the estuarine area begins.

See also

• Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902
• Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition
• Russian Hydrographic Service

References

• Geology^{[dead link]}
• Natural History and pictures

External links

• The Siberian Sea Road: The Work of the Russian Hydrographical Expedition to the Arctic 1910-1915
• Записки Харитона Лаптева (Exploration of the area)^{[dead link]}
• Pictures of the Bay^{[permanent dead link]}