- Taymyr Island
Taymyr Island, Russian: Остров Таймыр "(Ostrov Taymyr)", is a large island in the coast of the
Kara Sea . Its length is 33 km and its average width about 10 km. This island is located west of theTaymyr Gulf in an area ofskerries right off the western coast of theTaymyr Peninsula . The narrow strait between Taymyr island and the Siberian coast is called Proliv Taymyrskiy It is about 3 km wide on average. The shores of Taymyr Island and some of its larger neighboring islands, like Nansena, Bonevi and Pilota Makhotkina, are deeply indented, with many crooked inlets. The sounds between this island and neighboring islands are also somewhat labyrinthic. Geologically all these coastal islands are a continuation of theNordenskiöld Archipelago which lies further north.The sea surrounding Taymyr Island is covered with pack ice with some
polynia s during the long and bitter winters and there are many ice floes even in the summer.Taymyr Island belongs to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division ofRussia and is part of theGreat Arctic State Nature Reserve – the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world.History
In October 1900, during Baron Eduard von Toll’s fateful last expedition, winter quarters for ship "Zarya" were set at
Nablyudeniy Island and a scientific station was built there. This is a small granite island southwest of Taymyr Island, located in a bay that Baron Toll named Bukhta Kolin Archera (Colin Archer Bay), after the shipyard where "Zarya" had been built.In some maps Taymyr Island is named simply as Taymyra. This island should not be confused with
Maly Taymyr Island , located in theLaptev Sea offSevernaya Zemlya 's southeastern shores.References
* Location: [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm]
*William Barr , "Baron Eduard von Toll’s Last Expedition, 1900-1903."
* Taymyr Island and adjacent islands: [http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/journal/troitskiy3.htm]
* Nature Reserve: [http://www.bigarctic.ru/Eng/]
* Nansen's explorations: [http://www.evenkya.ru/rus/?artcategory_id=1723&article_id=1748&id=ez&sid=ez]ee also
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Kara Sea
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