The Ebelyakh Bay or Ebelyakhskaya Bay (Russian: Ebelyakhskaya Guba) is a bay in the Laptev Sea

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 east of the Yana Bay

Yana Bay

The Yana Bay is the most important gulf of the Laptev Sea. It is located between Cape Buor-Khaya on its western side and the Ebelyakh Bay at its eastern end....

 region and southwest of the Laptev Strait

Laptev Strait

Laptev Strait is a 60 km-wide strait in Russia. It separates Great Lyakhovsky Island of the Lyakhovsky Islands from the mainland, and connects the Laptev Sea in the west with the East Siberian Sea in the east. It is named after Russian explorer Dmitry Laptev....

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The bay is 36 km in width and wide open to the northwest.

This bay is in a vast region of wetlands. Lake Bustakh

Lake Bustakh

Lake Bustakh is a large freshwater lake in Sakha, Russia. It has an area of 249 km² and lies close to the Laptev Sea. It freezes up in late September and stays icebound until June. Lake Bustakh is rich in fish....

, the largest lake in the neighboring area, lies 37 km inland from the shores of the bay. Owing to is northerly location the Ebelyakh Bay is covered with ice most of the year.

The Ebelyakh Bay and the area surrounding it belong to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) administrative division of the Russian Federation.