Kolguyev

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name = Kolguyev


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native name = остров Колгуев
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location = Arctic Sea
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country = Russia
country admin divisions title = Oblast
country admin divisions = Arkhangelsk Oblast
country admin divisions title 1 = Okrug
country admin divisions 1 = Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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Kolguyev Island ( _ru. остров Колгуев) is an island in Nenets Autonomous Okrug Russia located in the south-eastern Barents Sea (east of the Pechora Sea) to the north-east of the Kanin Peninsula. The approximately circular-shaped island has a diameter of convert|80|km and is convert|4968|km2 in area. The highest point on the island is at convert|50|m. The vast wetland consists of many bogs and morainic hills, covered by vegetation characteristic of the tundra.

There is only one inhabited settlement on the island, Bugrino, located on the southeast coast. Nenets form the majority of the population, with fishing, reindeer farming and trapping being their main economic activities. Oil and gas are also present.cite web | year = 1999 | url = http://geocities.com/internetgeology/Kolguyev.html | title = Internet Geology News Letter No. 16 | accessmonthday = October 25 | accessyear = 1999]

Report by Trevor-Battye

The island was explored in 1894 by the British naturalist
Aubyn B.R. Trevor-Battye. He landed in June with an assistant, intending to spend about one month studying the wildlife, especially the birds. Due to mechanical problems with the vessel, and a misunderstanding, they were left stranded on the island for 12 weeks. He published his study of the natural history and topography of Kolguyev as: "Ice-bound on Kolguev"(Trevor-Battye 1895). The book includes observations on the Nenets (whom he called Samoyed) who brought their reindeer to the island for summer grazing and to trapgeese for trade in Russia. Trevor-Battye eventually left the island with these reindeer herders in September 1894, and had to travel 1000 miles overland from the Pechora River to Archangel. He described this adventurous journey in: "A northern highway of the Tsar" (Trevor-Battye 1898).

Trivia

The name of the island, as "Kolgujev", was featured in the 2001 game "Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis". The in-game island bears little resemblance to the actual island, instead taking its shape from the island of Tenerife.

References

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* Trevor-Battye, Aubyn. (1895). "Ice-bound on Kolguev", Constable, London, 1895.
* Trevor-Battye, Aubyn. (1898). "A Northern Highway of The Tsar", Constable, London, 1898.

External links

* [http://meteo.infospace.ru/wcarch/html/e_day_stn.sht?stn=1144 Weather on Kolguyev]

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