Tiksii

Tiksi Bay cuts into the Arctic coast east of the Lena delta, opening onto the waters of the Laptev Sea. The great river divides into numerous channels to the west before reaching the sea, while the bay provides an inlet among the northern coastal hills. In 1739 the Russian explorer Dmitry Laptev surveyed the bay during the exploration of the Siberian Arctic coast. Ice and the short northern summer set narrow limits on navigation in these waters.