Zhuravlev Bay

Zhuravlev Bay (Russian: залив Журавлева, Zaliv Zhuravleva),[2] is a bay in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.[1] This bay is blocked by ice most of the year.

Zhuravlev Bay
View of the shore of Zhuravlev Bay
Zhuravlev Bay
Location in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Terra-MODIS image of Komsomolets island
LocationKomsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates80°38′N 92°48′E
Native nameзалив Журавлева
Ocean/sea sourcesKara Sea
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length17 km (11 mi)[1]
Max. width10 km (6.2 mi)
IslandsShar Island

History

This bay was named by the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Soviet Arctic explorer, invaluable member of the expedition and veteran surveyor Sergei Prokopyevich Zhuravlev (1892–1937).[3]

Geography

Zhuravlev Bay is a body of water in the northeastern area of Komsomolets Island, the northernmost island of Severnaya Zemlya.[4][5]

The bay is open to the Kara Sea in the southwest. It has a maximum width at its mouth of about 10 km (6.2 mi), steadily narrowing towards the inner bay. The edge of the massive Academy of Sciences Glacier runs all along the eastern shore, while the northwestern shoreline is bound by a stretch of unglaciated area with Shar Island, 1 km (0.62 mi) in diameter, at the end of the headland.[1]

View of the eastern shore of Zhuravlev Bay with the enormous Academy of Sciences Glacier reaching the shore.

Further reading

See also

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Zaliv Zhuravlëva". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. Архипелаг Северная Земля — один из наиболее крупных районов оледенения на территории России
  4. Map U-47-XXXI,XXXII,XXXIII бух. Кренкеля. Scale: 1 : 200 000. Состояние местности на 1988 год. Издание 1992 г.
  5. Залив Журавлева. Остров Комсомолец


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