Yenisey Gulf

Yenisey Gulf
Енисейский залив (Russian)
Satellite image of the Yenisey Gulf area
Location of the Yenisey Gulf in Russia.
Location of the Yenisey Gulf in Russia.
Yenisey Gulf
LocationKara Sea
Coordinates72°30′N 81°15′E / 72.500°N 81.250°E / 72.500; 81.250
River sourcesYenisey
Basin countriesRussia

The Yenisey Gulf (Russian: Енисейский залив, Yeniseysky zaliv) is a large and long estuary through which the lower Yenisey flows into the Kara Sea.

The Yenisey Gulf and its islands belong to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.

The Willem Barents Biological Station is a Polar station located northeast of Meduza Bay, at the northern end of the mouth of the Yenisey (73°21′N 80°32′E / 73.350°N 80.533°E / 73.350; 80.533).[1]