| Middendorff Bay | |
|---|---|
| Залив Миддендорфа (Russian) | |
 Map showing the location of the Middendorff Bay. | |
  Middendorff Bay | |
| Location | Far North |
| Coordinates | 75°50′N92°30′E / 75.833°N 92.500°E /75.833; 92.500 |
| River sources | Baydarata,Yuribey andKara |
| Ocean/sea sources | Kara Sea |
| Basin countries | Russia |
TheMiddendorff Bay, (Russian:Залив Миддендорфа) is a deeply indented bay in the shores of theTaymyr Peninsula. It is located southwest of theNordenskiöld Archipelago in theKara Sea and it is open towards the west.
This bay is limited on its eastern side by theZarya Peninsula, named afterBaron Eduard von Toll's shipZarya. On the northern side of the Zarya Peninsula there is a small gulf calledBukhta Kolomeitseva, named after CaptainN. N. Kolomeitsev, commander of shipZarya.
The Middendorff Bay is surrounded by bleak tundra coast. It is full of small islands and island groups, foremost of which are Gavrilova Island, theShren Islands, the Krusenstern Islands, and farther offshore,Belukha and Prodolgovatyy Islands. The small Myachina Islands are located 3 km (1.9 mi) offCape Vilda, further west from the bay along the coast.[1]
The climate in the area is severe, with long and bitter winters and frequent blizzards and gales. This desolate bay is frozen for about nine months in a year and even in summer it is never quite free of ice floes.
The Middendorff Bay and adjacent islands belong to theKrasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of theRussian Federation and the whole area is part of theGreat Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.[2]
This bay was explored by Russian geologistBaron Eduard von Toll during his last venture, the Russian Arctic Expedition of 1900–1903. It was named afterAlexander Theodor von Middendorff, a Russian zoologist, historian and explorer ofBaltic-German origin.[3]
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