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The Chaunskaya Bay or Chaun Bay (Russian: Чаунская губа) is a bay in the East Siberian Sea east of the Kolyma region and west of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation.
The bay is open to the north and is 140 km in length. Its maximum width is 110 km. The Chaunskaya Bay is enclosed in its northern end by Ayon Island on the west and the Pevek Peninsula and the Routan Islands on its eastern shores.
Owing to is northerly location Chaunskaya Bay is covered with ice most of the year.
This bay was named Chaunskaya after the Chaun River that flows into it from the south. Other rivers that pour their waters into this bay are the Ichuveyem River, the Palyavaam River, the Lelyuveyem River and the Pucheveyem River.
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