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{{Infobox body of water
| name=Khroma Bay
[[Image:Omulyakhskaya and Khromskaya Bays, Northern Siberia.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of the Omulyakhskaya and Khromskaya Bays.]]▼
| other_name= Хромская губа
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| caption = Satellite image of the Omulyakh (above) and Khroma bays
| pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic
| pushpin_map_caption = Map showing the location of the bay
| image_bathymetry=Siberia Khrom.png
| location= [[Extreme North|Far North]]
| coords= {{coord|71.8833|N|145.8833|E|region:RU_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}}▼
| rivers=
| oceans= [[East Siberian Sea]]
| countries= [[Russia]]
| length= {{convert|130|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width= {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| area=
| settlements=
}}
The '''
Owing to is northerly location the bay is covered with ice most of the year.
The bay is open to the northeast through a narrow and straight channel and is 130 km in length. Its maximum width is about 30 km and it has a branch or inlet extending northwards midway between its mouth and its most inland shore point. The [[Omullyakhskaya Bay]] lies north of Khromskaya Bay and shares the same mouth.▼
==Geography==
▲The bay lies west of the [[Sundrun River]] region and east of the [[Yana Bay]]. It is open to the northeast through a narrow and straight channel and is {{convert|130
This bay is in the shores of the [[East Siberian Lowland]], an area of wetlands; lakes and marshes dot the whole landscape. The {{convert|685|km|mi|abbr=on}} long [[Khroma]] and the {{convert|204|km|mi|abbr=on}} long [[Lapcha]]<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|262870|Река Лапча}}</ref> flow into the head of the bay from the south.<ref name="STM">{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/s-55_56.jpg|title=S-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
==Fauna==
[[Mammoth]]s were common in this region during the [[holocene]] period.<ref>[http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1342937X05707966 The North of Eastern Siberia: Refuge of Mammoth Fauna]</ref>
In the summer the bay is a breeding and molting area for the [[lesser white-fronted goose]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wwf.fi/wwf/www/uploads/pdf/Ar99indi.pdf |title=Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project |access-date=2008-08-07 |archive-date=2005-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103073747/http://www.wwf.fi/wwf/www/uploads/pdf/Ar99indi.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
*[http://www.scwp.info/russia/kytalyk.shtml Wetlands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221716/http://www.scwp.info/russia/kytalyk.shtml |date=2016-03-03 }}
▲{{coord|71.8833|N|145.8833|E|display=title}}
▲[[Category:Landforms of the Sakha Republic]]
[[Category:Bays of the East Siberian Sea]]
{{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub}}
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