Ambarchik

• (1) A bay in the eastern Kolyma Gulf in the East Siberian Sea by the mouth of the river Kolyma between Cape Stolbovoy and Cape Medvezhiy (Tonkiy), the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. The border between Yakutia and Chukotka Autonomous District lies in the vicinity of the bay. Ambarchik Bay is open to the north and goes 3 km deep into the mainland. At the entrance its width is about 7 km and the depth is 4 m. From October to July it is frozen. The Kolyma River flows into it. To the east of the bay, there is Zaliv (Gulf) Medvezhiy and to the west is Bukhta (Bay) Troyana, also known as Chayachya. By Cape Stolbovoy the bay joins the mouth of the Kolyma River (Protoka Kamennaya Kolyma). The shore has tundra vegetation and is predominantly low with steep areas. The bay was described by the participants of the Great Northern Expedition of 1733–1743. In 1740 D. Laptev built a barn for keeping stores here which gave name at first to the bay and then to the port (the Russian word for “a small...