Yuny Strait

Yuny Strait
Юный пролив
Jungsturm Strait
Map showing the location of Yuny Strait
Yuny Strait
Location in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Location Arctic
Coordinates 80°6′N 92°34′E / 80.100°N 92.567°E / 80.100; 92.567Coordinates: 80°6′N 92°34′E / 80.100°N 92.567°E / 80.100; 92.567
Ocean/sea sources Kara Sea / Red Army Strait
Basin countries Russia
Max. length 60 km (37 mi)
Max. width 24 km (15 mi)

Yuny Strait (Russian: Юный пролив) is a strait in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. It is covered with ice most of the year.

History

Initially named Proliv Yungshturm (Russian: пролив Юнгштурм) after the Roter Jungsturm of the German Communist Youth, following the Great Patriotic War, its name was changed to Yuny (Youth).[1][2][3][4]

Geography

The Yuny Strait is a maximum 24 km (15 mi)-wide strait that separates Pioneer Island from Komsomolets Island, connecting the Kara Sea in the northwest with the Red Army Strait in the southeast.[5] It runs roughly in a northwest/southeast direction and its confluence with the Red Army Strait is located 23 km (14 mi) to the southwest of Cape October. The minimum width of Yuny Strait is 4 km (2.5 mi).[6]

1975 map showing Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula

References

  1. ↑ Архипелаг, открытый последним (Северная Земля)
  2. ↑ Исследование Северной Земли
  3. ↑ Плавание на ледоколе «Садко» 1935 г.
  4. ↑ Ушаков Г. А. По нехоженной земле
  5. ↑ "Proliv Yunyy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. ↑ GoogleEarth


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