Taymyr Gulf

Taymyr Gulf
Таймырская губа (Russian)
Location of the Taymyr Gulf in the Kara Sea.
Taymyr Gulf is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Taymyr Gulf
Taymyr Gulf
LocationKara Sea
Coordinates76°04′N 99°30′E / 76.067°N 99.500°E / 76.067; 99.500
River sourcesLower Taymyra
Basin countriesRussia
Map showing the Taymyr Gulf in the lower left corner.

The Taymyr Gulf (Russian: Таймырская губа, romanizedTaymyrskaya guba; also known as Taymyr Bay, Russian: Таймырский залив, romanized: Taymyrsky zaliv) is a gulf in the Kara Sea that includes the estuary of the Lower Taymyra.

The estuary proper is frozen for about nine months in a year and even in summer it is never quite free of ice floes. Fishes like the golets and the muksun are very common in its waters.