| Yana Bay | |
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| Янский залив (Russian) | |
  Yana Bay Map showing the location of Yana Bay | |
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| Location | Far North |
| Coordinates | 72°0′N136°30′E / 72.000°N 136.500°E /72.000; 136.500 |
| River sources | Yana,Chondon |
| Ocean/sea sources | Laptev Sea |
| Basin countries | Russia |
TheYana Bay (Russian:Янский залив;Yanskiy Zaliv) is a body of water in theSakha Republic (Yakutia),Russian Federation. It is the most important gulf of theLaptev Sea.
The bay is located betweenCape Buor-Khaya in the west andEbelyakh Bay in the east.[1]TheYana River flows into the Yana 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.[2]
Yarok is a large flat island located off the mouths of theChondon. Other islands in the Yana Bay areMakar and theShelonsky Islands. East of these islands liesSellyakh Bay, a deep inlet stretching southwards where the 352 km (219 mi) longSellyakh and the 267 km (166 mi) longMuksunuokha have their mouths.[3][1]
In 1712Yakov 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.[4]
In 1892–1894 BaronEduard von Toll, accompanied by expedition leaderAlexander von Bunge, carried out geological surveys in the area on behalf of the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences.
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