The Yuratski Bay is an inlet on the Siberian coast in the Kara Sea

Kara Sea

The Kara Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya....

. It is located in the Gydan Peninsula

Gydan Peninsula

The Gydan Peninsula is a geographical feature of the Siberian coast in the Kara Sea. It is roughly 500 km long and 260 km wide. This wide peninsula lies between the estuaries of the Ob and Yenisei Rivers , which are two of the most important rivers of Russia and the world...

 and it is roughly 45 km long and 30 km wide at its widest point. Lat 71° 50’ N, long 77° 45’ E.

This round and regular-shaped bay lies east of the Khalmyer Bay

Khalmyer Bay

The Khalmyer Bay is a bay on the Siberian coast in the Kara Sea. It is located in the Gydan Peninsula and it is roughly 185 km long and 47 km wide at its widest point. Lat 71°30′ N, long 76° E....

, between the estuaries of the Ob

Ob River

The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...

 (Gulf of Ob

Gulf of Ob

The Gulf of Ob is a gigantic bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in Northern Russia at the head the mouth of the Ob River....

) and the Yenisei River

Yenisei Gulf

The Yenisei Gulf is a large and long estuary through which the lower Yenisei River flows into the Kara Sea.The Yenisei Gulf is formed by the river widening to an average of 50 km for up to 250 km in a roughly north-south direction, between a latitude of 70° 30' N in the area around...

, which are two of the most important rivers of Russia and the world. Off its northern end lies Oleni Island.
The peninsula formed between this bay and neighboring Khalmyer Bay is known as the Mamonta Peninsula (Poluostrov Mamonta).

The Yuratski Bay is surrounded by low tundra coast and there are numerous river mouths on its shores. Winters are long and harsh in this area, so that the waters in the inlet remain frozen for at least nine months every year.

The settlement of Matyuysale lies along the coast off the northeastern end of its mouth.

This Bay is located in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district administrative region of the Russian Federation.