Ese-Khayya (Russian: Эсэ-Хайя; Yakut: Эһэ Хайа, Ehe Xaya) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) from Batagay, the administrative center of the district.

[3] Ynnakh Mountain is a granite massif located a few miles to the southeast of Ese-Khayya.

The Batagaika crater is also located nearby to the northeast.

[10][11] Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ese-Khayya in 1940.

[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ese-Khayya is incorporated within Verkhoyansky Municipal District as Ese-Khayya Urban Settlement.