Cape Unslicht
Cape Unslicht (Russian: Мыс Песчаный, Mys Peschanyy)[1] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
Cape Unslicht Мыс Песчаный Cape Peschany | |
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Cape Unslicht Location of Cape Unslicht in Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Coordinates: 79°25′4″N 102°31′0″E / 79.41778°N 102.51667°E | |
| Location | Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | Laptev Sea |
| Area | |
| • Total | Russian Far North |
Geography edit
Stretching out northwards NW of the Akhmatov Fjord and east of the mouth of Mikoyan Bay, this headland is the northernmost point of Bolshevik Island.[1]
Cape Unslicht is one of the landmarks defining the limits of the Laptev Sea according to the International Hydrographic Organization.[2]
History edit
The Laptev Sea shore of present-day Severnaya Zemlya was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky in 1913 during the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service, but he was unaware that there was a strait west of the cape between what is now Bolshevik Island and the islands further north, for the straits are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole.[3][4]
Named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Zofia Unslicht, a German communist figure,[5][6] this headland was renamed Mys Peschanyy (Sandy Cape) in Russian, following World War II.
There was a weather and scientific station near the cape, Peschanny Polar Station, now abandoned.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Mys Peschanyy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Barr, William (1975). "Severnaya Zemlya: the last major discovery". Geographical Journal. 141 (1): 59–71. doi:10.2307/1796946.
- ^ "Октябрьской Революции Остров"[permanent dead link] Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ Operational Navigation Chart B-3, 2nd edition
