Yenisei Gulf

Jenisseigolf with from the south Dudinka running over the Yenisei and northern community Dikson

Jenisseigolf ( outlined in red)

The Jenisseigolf (Russian Енисейский залив, Jenisseiski Saliw ), also Jenisseibucht ( Бухта Енисейский, Buchta Jenisseiski ) called, is one in the northwest part of the Krasnoyarsk region, as well as Siberia and Russia ( Asia) by golf the Kara Sea ( Arctic Ocean ) and also forms the approximately 225 km long estuary ( estuary ) of the current Russian Yenisei.

Geographical location

The Jenisseigolf extends as a natural border between Nordsibirischem lowlands to the east and Westsibirischem lowlands in southwest and south between the large Taimyr peninsula, the Northeast spreads to the far from the Gulf remote Byrrangagebirge, and the much smaller Gydan Peninsula, with the hills Yuribei and Gydan is southwest. He refers specifically to the coming of the South Yenisei stream whose water flows northwestward through the Gulf in the Kara Sea to the Arctic Ocean counting. The transition from the Yenisei Gulf ( 71.82972222222282.716111111111 ⊙ ) lies between the northern Cape Sopotschnaja - Karga to the east of it leading into the Yenisei rivers Sopotschnaja and Chaika and southern Cape Oschmarina and westerly of this chapter Narsoi estuary. Much further north-west is located at the junction of the Gulf to the actual Karaseee the great Sibiryakov Island and the southwest in neighboring autonomous district of the Yamal- Nenets the mainland near and even large Oleniinsel that leads over to the other side of it located Gydanbucht than estuary Gydan.

The Gulf is connected to the Kara Sea through two straits: The southwest of the Sibiryakov Island location is a minimum of about 30 kilometers, to Gydan Peninsula and Oleniinsel via conductive Owzyna Strait, the north-west in the Kara Sea with the local Neupokojewa Island leads, and east of the Sibiryakov island is a designated as Jenisseigolf, minimally about 35 km wide and the Taimyr peninsula via conductive strait that leads north towards the island Dikson with the community Dikson in the Kara Sea. At the southern junction of golf in such straits are located near the northeastern Gulf Coast several small islands, including: Krestowskiinsel, large - and small - Karsakowskiinsel Karsakowskiinsel.

The last and also the northernmost Jenisseizufluss before his transition to the Jenisseigolf is the Sopotschnaja, the 3 km east of the transition opens, the contrary is the aforementioned and opens out from the south Narsoi the first golf inflow beyond the transition. In the Gulf, in its small side bays or in the Straits open beside the flowing ultimately from the southeast zoom Yenisei among others Pajolawajacha, Jekarjaujacha and Mongotschejacha ( Sosnowaja ) about the south and southwest, and Saricha, Glubokaja, Syrjanka, Rogosinka, Krestjanka, Jefremowa, Lemberowa like the east and northeast.

The Sea Golf is about 225 km long, in the Gulf about 12 miles and at the transition into the Kara Sea up to 150 km wide at the influence of the Yenisei. Shortly after the passage of the Yenisei River in the Gulf, the water is about 26 m deep; further upstream, near the Goltschicha estuary, the Yenisei reaches about 42 m depth. The Gulf is southeast of the Sibiryakov Island about 30 m and north-east of the island at the transition into the Kara Sea, a maximum of about 33 m deep. The coastal hills near the southern coast of the Gulf are southwest of the Narsoimündung exceed 87 m high and those close to its north-east coast of the north reach Krestjankamündung to 229 m in height; the hills of Sibiryakov Island are a maximum of 33 m and that of the Oleniinsel up to 13 m high.

Towns

The mainland coasts and islands in the area of ​​Jenisseigolfs are mostly uninhabited, but living in the region in the summer especially fishing in some places in cabins. There is also the very north at the junction of the east, leading from the Gulf in the Kara Sea Straits, the location, both on the island Dikson and on the mainland Taimyr peninsula community Dikson and on the west coast of the Gulf, where the Owzyna Strait begins, is located on the coast of the Polar station Leskino ( 72.32777777777879.576805555556 ⊙ ) and at the little west-northwest of it located Sosnowajamündung the former settlement Sosnowaja.

Fauna, climate and ice conditions

In the hinterland of the barren and in some places precipitous coasts of Jenisseigolfs tundra prevail with mosses and lichens, being frost rubble deserts reach to the beaches. The winters are long and extremely cold, the summers are short and cold. For most of the year, the Golf is covered by ice, although the shipping routes are kept free of ice breakers, only during three summer months, he remains free of ice. If melt ice and snow in summer, the Yenisei drives often severe flood in the Gulf.