Anabar Gulf

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Anabar Gulf

 

located in the western part of the Laptev Sea, between the shores of the continent and the Nordvik Peninsula. Anabar Gulf extends 67 km inland, is 76 km wide at the mouth, and becomes 7–9 km wide inland. A depth of 3–12 m predominates. Anabar Gulf is covered with ice from October to July. In the south the gulf becomes Anabar Inlet.

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