Chaun Bay

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Chaun Bay

a bay (guba) of the eastern part of the East Siberian Sea, to which it is connected by the Malyi Chaun and Srednii straits. The bay is 150 km long, 100 km wide, and approximately 25 m deep. The western coast is low-lying; the eastern coast is more elevated. The entrance into the bay from the sea is blocked by two islands: Aion and Chenkul’. Chaun Bay receives many small rivers. In the summer the Aion Ice Massif forms in the bay’s entrance from old ice that is carried from high latitudes by currents. The port of Pevek is situated on Chaun Bay.

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Ayopechan Island (91 [km.sup.2]; 68[degrees]50'N, 170[degrees]30' E; maximal elevation 5-6 m asl) is the largest island within the Chaun Delta and was formed by the joining of the Chaun, Pucheveem, and Palyavaam Rivers, where they enter Chaun Bay on the East Siberian Sea.

Testing for Geographic Variation in Survival of Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) Populations in Chukotka, Russia and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

We identified five staging areas used for seven or more days by birds traveling from breeding to molting areas: Arakamchechen Island, the New Siberian Islands, Cape Schmidt, the Kolyma-Indigirka lowlands, and Chaun Bay (Fig.

Seasonal movements and distribution of Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) Wintering at Kodiak Island, Alaska

Areas on the Chukotka Peninsula harbor unique Beringian species that do not breed or are rare transients west of Chaun Bay (e.g., Chen canagica, Calidris mauri, and Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus; Appendix 1).

Birds of the Indigirka River Delta, Russia: historical and biogeographic comparisons

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