Mityushikha Bay

Mityushikha Bay is a bay on Severny Island in Novaya Zemlya, Russia. Nuclear tests were conducted in 1961 in the area of the bay, including the 58 megaton yield Tsar Bomba.

Geography

It is a long fjord open to the west near the SW end of the island, just north of the western end of the Matochkin Strait. The fjord narrows about to the east from its mouth. Gagachy Island is located in the middle of the bay, before the stretch that becomes narrow.