Sellyakh Bay

Sellyakh Bay is a bay in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.
There are no settlements in the bay area, the nearest inhabited place is Tumat to the south. Formerly there was a temporary Polar station in Makar Island.

Geography

The bay opens to the north in the eastern shores of the Yana Bay, Laptev Sea. It is located northeast of the mouths of the Chondon and southeast of the Makar and Shelonsky Islands. The Manyko Peninsula encloses the bay to the northwest and to the north the bay is limited by a narrow spit with Cape Turuktakh at the end.

Hydrography

The long Sellyakh and the long Muksunuokha are the main rivers with their mouths in the bay. Other rivers flowing into it are the long Bilir, the long Danilkina and the long Kyulyumelyakh. The shores of the bay are fringed by shoals. They are low and in parts boggy, part of a flat region dotted with lakes.