Buor-Khaya Gulf
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Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to a point with co-ordinates of 79°N and 139°E, and ends at the Anisiy...
. It is located between the eastern side of the Lena delta
Lena River
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean . It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed...
on its western side and Cape Buor-Khaya
Cape Buor-Khaya
The Buor-Khaya Cape, also known as Cape Buorkhaya, is a headland in the Laptev Sea. It is located between the Buor-Khaya Gulf on the west and the Yana Bay on the east. It is a conspicuous headland and has an 11 m high light on a framework tower....
at its NE end.
Tiksi Bay
Tiksi Bay
Tiksi Bay is a 21-km-long bay of the Laptev Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is up to 17 km wide and has a depth of 2 to 11 meters. The Sogo and Yuryage Rivers discharge into the bay....
and the Bykovsky Peninsula lie on the western shores of the Buor-Khaya Gulf. Heavily eroded Muostakh Island
Muostakh Island
Muostakh Island , also spelled "Mostakh", is an island in the Buor-Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea. It is located off the eastern side of the Lena delta, enclosing the Tiksi Bay, about 35 km ESE of Tiksi....
, the remainder of an ancient great plain, is located roughly in the midst of the gulf.
The Omoloy River
Omoloy River
The Omoloy River is a stream in Siberia east of the Lena River. It flows northwards across the tundra into the Laptev Sea. Its mouth is located in the eastern coast of the Buor-Khaya Gulf...
is the only large river flowing into the Buor-Khaya Gulf, its mouth is located halfway up the eastern coast.
The sea in this gulf is frozen for about nine months every year and often clogged with ice floes.
Administratively the Buor-Khaya Gulf belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. There is an abandoned polar station in Buor-Khaya.