Tiksi Bay
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Coordinates: 71°39′27″N 129°8′52″E / 71.65750°N 129.14778°E
Tiksi Bay (Russian: Бухта Тикси, Bukhta Tiksi) is a 21-km-long bay of the Laptev Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is up to 17 km wide and has a depth of 2 to 11 metres. The Sogo and Yuryage Rivers discharge into the bay.
The port of Tiksi sit on the west side.
Semidiurnal tides in the Kola Bay are as about 0.3 metres. In winter, the bay covered in ice.
Notes
- This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article of the Russian Wikipedia on 11 February 2009.
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