Gulf of Ob

The Gulf of Ob, also known as the Bay of Ob, is a bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in the north of at the mouth of the Ob River. It is the world's longest estuary.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay of the Kara Sea
  • Also known as: “Baía de Ob”, “Baie de l’Ob”, “Golfo de Obi”, “Golfo dell’Ob”, “Golfo do Obi”, “Ob Bay”, “Obskaja guba”, “Obskaya Bay”, “Obskaya guba”, “Obskaya Lip”, “Vịnh Ob”, “О́бская губа́”, and “Обский залив”

Gulf of Ob

Latitude
68.83285° or 68° 49′ 58″ north
Longitude
73.49202° or 73° 29′ 31″ east
Open location code
9JWMRFMR+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 330057881
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
1496399
Wiki­data ID
Q745945
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gulf of Ob” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج أوب”
  • Armenian: “Օբի շուրթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ob estuarisi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ob körfəzi”
  • Basque: “Ob golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Обская губа”
  • Bosnian: “Obski zaliv”
  • Bulgarian: “Обски залив”
  • Catalan: “golf de l’Obi”
  • Catalan: “Golf de l’Obi”
  • Cebuano: “Obskaya Guba”
  • Chinese: “鄂毕湾”
  • Chinese: “鄂畢灣”
  • Croatian: “Obski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Obský záliv”
  • Danish: “Obbugten”
  • Dutch: “Obboezem”
  • Estonian: “Obi laht”
  • Finnish: “Obinlahti”
  • French: “golfe de l’Ob”
  • French: “Golfe de l’Ob”
  • Galician: “Golfo de Ob”
  • German: “Obbusen”
  • Hausa: “Tekun Ob”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ אוב”
  • Hungarian: “Ob-öböl”
  • Italian: “Golfo dell’Ob‘”
  • Italian: “Golfo dell’Ob’”
  • Japanese: “オビ湾”
  • Kirghiz: “Обь булуңу”
  • Korean: “오비만”
  • Latin: “Sinus Obiensis”
  • Latvian: “Obas līcis (Krievija)”
  • Latvian: “Obas līcis”
  • Lithuanian: “Obės įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Опски Залив”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Obbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Obbukta”
  • Norwegian: “Obbukta”
  • Persian: “خلیج اب”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Obska”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Ob”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Óbi”
  • Russian: “Обская губа”
  • Russian: “Обская Губа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Obski zaljev”
  • Slovak: “Obský záliv”
  • Spanish: “Golfo del Obi”
  • Swedish: “Obviken”
  • Tatar: “Об култыгы”
  • Turkish: “Obi Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Обська губа”
  • Venetian: “Golfo del Obi”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Obi”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Ob”

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