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Sverdrup Island (Russian: Остров Свердрупа) is an isolated Russian island in the southern region of the Kara Sea.
Native name: Остров Свердрупа | |
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 Location of Sverdrup Island in the Kara Sea | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kara Sea |
| Coordinates | 74°35′N 79°27′E |
| Area | 70 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
| Width | 10 km (6 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Administration | |
Russia | |
| Krai | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Okrug | Taymyr Autonomous Okrug |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Sverdrup Island is named after Norwegian polar explorer and ship Captain Otto Sverdrup who sighted it on 18 August 1893 during the Fram Expedition led by Fridtjof Nansen.[1]
Geography
It belongs to the Taymyr Autonomous Okrug of the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation.[2]
The island is located 120 km north of Dikson on the Siberian coast. The nearest land mass is the Arkticheskiy Institut Islands, about 90 km to the northeast. The island has a wide bay opening towards the west. Its length is 15 km and its maximum width 10 km.
The sea surrounding Sverdrup Island is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the long winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer.
Flora and fauna
Sverdrup Island is covered with tundra vegetation. There are a few mammals, such as the lemming and arctic fox; among the birds the dunlin and some species of Charadriiformes deserve mention.[3]
The island is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve – the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world.[4]
See also
References
- pp. 154–157 Fridtjof Nansen: Farthest North. vol 1, Harper & Bros. New York & London 1897
- Dolgano-Nenetskiy Location
- P.S. Tomkovich (1998). "Breeding conditions for waders in Russian tundras in 1993" (PDF). Int. Wader Studies. 10: 124–131.
- Nature Reserve. bigarctic.ru
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На других языках
[de] Sverdrup-Insel (Karasee)
Die Sverdrup-Insel (russisch Остров Свердрупа, Ostrow Swerdrupa) ist eine unbewohnte russische Insel in der Karasee. Sie gehört administrativ zur Region Krasnojarsk.- [en] Sverdrup Island (Kara Sea)
[es] Isla Sverdrup
La isla Sverdrup o Svordrup (en ruso: Остров Свердрупа) es una isla aislada en la región meridional del mar de Kara. Esta isla está cubierta con vegetación de tundra. Se encuentra a 120 km al norte de Dikson en la costa de Siberia. La tierra más cercana son las islas del Instituto Ártico, alrededor de 90 km al noreste.[fr] Île Sverdrup
L'île Sverdrup est une île isolée dans la partie méridionale de la mer de Kara, à environ 120 km au nord de l'île Dikson. Elle est couverte de toundra. Elles ont été baptisées par l'explorateur norvégien Fridtjof Nansen, au cours de l'expédition Fram, d'après Otto Sverdrup, capitaine du navire.[it] Isola di Sverdrup
L'isola di Sverdrup (in russo Остров Свердрупа, ostrov Sverdrupa) è un'isola russa bagnata dal mare di Kara.[ru] Остров Свердрупа
Остров Свердрупа — остров в южной части Карского моря. Принадлежит России, административно относится к Красноярскому краю. Назван в ходе норвежской полярной экспедиции в 1893 году в честь норвежского полярного исследователя Отто Свердрупа.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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