Coordinates: 79°21′4″N 101°44′0″E / 79.35111°N 101.73333°E / 79.35111; 101.73333

Cape Baranov

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Cape Baranov
Мыс Баранова
Cape
Cape Baranov is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Cape Baranov
Cape Baranov
Location of Cape Baranov in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 79°21′4″N 101°44′0″E / 79.35111°N 101.73333°E / 79.35111; 101.73333
LocationBolshevik Island,
Severnaya Zemlya,
 Russia
Offshore water bodiesShokalsky Strait
Area
 • TotalRussian Far North

Cape Baranov (Russian: Мыс Баранова; Mys Baranova)[1] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.

History

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.[2][3]

This cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Soviet scientist Fedor Baranov (1886–1965).[4]

Located near Cape Baranov, roughly 15 km (9.3 mi) to the SSE of the cape,[5] the Prima Polar Station of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute closed down in 1996 and reopened in June 2013 as a private venture.[6] This is currently the only Arctic research facility operating in Severnaya Zemlya.[7][8]

Geography

Cape Baranov is located in the northern part of Bolshevik Island facing the Shokalsky Strait.[9] This headland stretches out northwards in an unglaciated lowland area west of the mouth of Mikoyan Bay.[1]

1975 map showing Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula
Landsat 7 image of Bolshevik Island

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mys Baranova". Mapcarta. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ^ Barr, William (1975). "Severnaya Zemlya: the last major discovery". Geographical Journal. 141 (1): 59–71. doi:10.2307/1796946.
  3. ^ "Октябрьской Революции Остров"[permanent dead link] Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ^ "Архипелаг Северная Земля — один из наиболее крупных районов оледенения на территории России". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  5. ^ "Информационное сообщение об открытии «Ледовой базы «Мыс Баранова» для выполнения научных работ ААНИИ в 2013–2014 г.г." (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  6. ^ Фотогалерея: 2004 - "Полярное Кольцо" - Местонахождение: 17 мая, Северная Земля, о.Большевик, м.Баранова, п/ст Примах
  7. ^ "Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya, Siberia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  8. ^ База Баранова, прием!
  9. ^ GoogleEarth
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