The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay , is a large bay on the Bering Sea

Bering Sea

The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....

 in far northeast Siberia.

Location

The bay is roughly rectangular and opens to the southeast. The corners are (clockwise from the south) Cape Navarin (another source says the adjacent Cape Thaddeus), Anadyr Estuary, Kresta Bay

Kresta Bay

The Kresta Bay or Kresta Gulf is a large bay of the Gulf of Anadyr on the southern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation....

 and Cape Chukotsky on the Chukchi Peninsula

Chukchi Peninsula

The Chukchi Peninsula, Chukotka Peninsula or Chukotski Peninsula , at about 66° N 172° W, is the northeastern extremity of Asia. Its eastern end is at Cape Dezhnev near the village of Uelen. It is bordered by the Chukchi Sea to the north, the Bering Sea to the south, and the Bering Strait to the...

. It is about 250 miles (400 km) across. A long gravel bar runs along the northeast shore for about 45 miles (72.4 km) east from Kresta Bay. The Gulf of Anadyr is covered with ice normally 10 months a year.

Civilization

The town of Anadyr

Anadyr (town)

Anadyr is a port town and the administrative centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the extreme north-eastern region of Russia. It is at the mouth of the Anadyr River, on the tip of the southern promontory that sticks out into Anadyrskiy Liman...

, the administrative centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr...

, is located on the Anadyr Estuary. Provideniya

Provideniya

Provideniya , is an urban-type settlement situated on Komsomolskaya Bay, part of Provideniya Bay in the northeastern part of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located across the Bering Strait from Alaska, and is very close to the International Date Line. The town is served by Provideniya...

, on Komsomolskaya Bay (formerly Emma Harbor; a branch of Provideniya Bay), and Egvekinot

Egvekinot

-Culture and sights:At the airport is a monument to the MI-8 helicopter, a common site in the air over Chukotka.There is a museum in the settlement which deals mainly with local history, people, and archeology, as well as a cultural centre, home to the Zalivskiye Napevy folk chorus, the Sone song...

, on Kresta Bay

Kresta Bay

The Kresta Bay or Kresta Gulf is a large bay of the Gulf of Anadyr on the southern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation....

are the next largest coastal settlements.