Islands
- The Yenisei has some flat, low-lying islands at its southern end, the Brekhovsky Islands (Бреховские острова) 70°30′N 82°45′E / 70.5°N 82.75°E / 70.5; 82.75. They stand where the river flows into the estuary. Lakes and swamps surround this area, which features many arms through which lesser rivers of the tundra flow across wetlands into the Yenisei basin.
- Further northwards the Yenisei widens and becomes a clear expanse. The water turns brackish at this point. There are three small islands located almost in the middle of the gulf, the Bolshoi Korsakovsky Islands (острова Большой Корсаковский ). The largest one is 4 km long and 1.2 km wide. 72°17′N 81°01′E / 72.283°N 81.017°E / 72.283; 81.017. Burnyy Island is located right in the middle of the gulf. Chaishnyy is the closest to the shore.
- Krestovskiy or Krestovsky Island (Остров Крестовский) lies a further 9 km to the NNW, close to the eastern shore of the Yenisei Gulf. It is 7.5 km long and 1.8 km wide.72°24′N 80°47′E / 72.4°N 80.783°E / 72.4; 80.783. This island takes its name from the Russian writer Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovskiy (1840-1895).
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