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Shokalsky Island (Russian: Остров Шокальского) is an island in the Kara Sea, in Russia. It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the Ob River, off the tip of the narrow northwestern arm of the Gyda Peninsula. It is separated from it by a narrow strait full of islets known as Gydanskiy Proliv.

Its latitude is 72° 58' N and its longitude 74° 27' E.

The island has an area of 428 km² and it is covered by tundra. The sea surrounding the island is covered with pack ice in the winter and there are numerous ice floes even in the summer, so that it is often merged with the Gydanskiy Peninsula in the Siberian mainland.

This island belongs to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug which is the northern part of the Tyumen Oblast administrative division of the Russian Federation. This island is also part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.

This island was named after Imperial Russian cartographer Yuly Shokalsky.

Shokalsky Island should not be confused with a little islet also called "Ostrov Shokal'skogo" which is located off the western coast of Vaygach Island in the Barents Sea.

References

• Nature Reserve: https://web.archive.org/web/20071008044746/http://www.bigarctic.ru/Eng

See also

• Kara Sea

На других языках

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[de] Schokalski-Insel (Karasee)

Die Schokalski-Insel (russisch Остров Шокальского, Ostrow Schokalskowo) ist eine russische Insel in der südlichen Karasee. Administrativ gehört sie zum Autonomen Kreis der Jamal-Nenzen in der Oblast Tjumen. Die Insel ist benannt nach Juli Michailowitsch Schokalski, einem russischen Ozeanografen und Kartografen sowie Präsidenten der Russischen Geografischen Gesellschaft.

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- [en] Shokalsky Island

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[fr] Île Chokalski

L'île Chokalski (en russe : Остров Шокальского) est une île située dans la mer de Kara, à l'est du golfe de l'Ob au large d'un bras de la péninsule de Gydan (dont elle est séparée par un détroit, le Gydanski Proliv), dans le district autonome de Iamalo-Nénétsie, au nord de la Russie.

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[it] Isola di Šokal'skij

L'isola di Šokal'skij (in russo: остров Шокальского, ostrov Šokal'skogo) è un'isola del mare di Kara, Russia. Amministrativamente appartiene al Tazovskij rajon del Circondario autonomo Jamalo-Nenec, nell'Oblast' di Tjumen' (Urali).

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[ru] Остров Шокальского

Остров Шокальского находится в Карском море, при входе в Обскую губу. Относится к территории Тазовского района Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа. Длина около 30 км, ширина до 20 км, высота до 27 м, площадь 428 км². Остров отделён от Гыданского полуострова Гыданским проливом. Поверхность представляет собой равнину, покрытую тундровой растительностью. До 1926 года остров назывался Агнесса, современное название дано в честь Ю. М. Шокальского.

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