Chaun Bay at a glance
- 10 maverage depth
- 11 mmedian depth
- 28 mmaximum depth
- 7,078 km²water area
Chaun Bay is a bay. It is very shallow: nowhere in it is deeper than a few tens of metres in the grid. Inside its outline the GEBCO grid has about 7,078 km² of water, with an average depth of about 10 m (the middle value is 11 m) and a maximum of 28 m, found at 69.58° N, 170.18° E.
Open the map at the deepest cell and tap to read the depth.
How deep is each part of the Chaun Bay?
The bar splits the Chaun Bay's water by depth. Each colour is a depth band, and the shares add up to 100%.
- 0 to 200 m: 100%
- 200 to 1,000 m: 0%
- 1,000 to 4,000 m: 0%
- 4,000 to 6,000 m: 0%
- below 6,000 m: 0%
Named features near the deepest point: Lomonosov Ridge (624 km), Chukchi Abyssal Plain (994 km), Barrow Canyon (1,201 km), Mendeleev Ridge (1,203 km).
The Chaun Bay if sea level dropped
The slider on the map lowers the sea in steps. This table shows how much of the Chaun Bay's water would be land at each step.
| Sea level lowered by | Becomes land | Share of its water |
|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 3,149 km² | 44.5% |
| 20 m | 7,072 km² | 99.9% |
| 50 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 80 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 120 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 200 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 500 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 1,000 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 2,000 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 3,000 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 4,000 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
| 6,000 m | 7,078 km² | 100% |
A simple bathtub model: it lowers the sea everywhere by the same amount and does not simulate how water would really drain.
Nearby seas
- East Siberian Sea average depth about 26 m
- Chukchi Sea average depth about 42 m
- Shelikhova Gulf average depth about 87 m
- Laptev Sea average depth about 214 m
- Bering Sea average depth about 1,844 m
- Beaufort Sea average depth about 1,407 m
Nearest by the centre of each outline. All oceans and seas
Frequently asked questions
How deep is the Chaun Bay?
On average about 10 m in the GEBCO grid (the middle value is 11 m). The deepest cell inside its outline is 28 m, at 69.58° N, 170.18° E.
How big is the Chaun Bay?
About 7,078 km² of water inside its Natural Earth outline, counted from the grid cells that are below sea level.
How much of the Chaun Bay would be land if sea level dropped?
With the sea 10 m lower, about 3,149 km² (44.5%) of its water would be land. At 6,000 m lower, 100% would be. This is a simple bathtub model that lowers the sea evenly everywhere.
Data: depths from the GEBCO_2026 grid, statistics worked out inside the Natural Earth outline of the bay. See data sources and licences. The GEBCO Grid should NOT be used for navigation or for any other purpose involving safety at sea.