Laptev Sea
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The Laptev Sea (Russian: мо́ре Ла́птевых) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the eastern coast of Siberia, Taimyr Peninsula, the Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to point with coordinates 79°N and 139°E and closes at the Anisiy Cape. The Kara Sea lies to the west, the East Siberian Sea to the east. The sea area is approximately 672,000 km². It is navigable during August and September.
The Laptev Sea is named after Russian explorers Dmitry Laptev and Khariton Laptev. Formerly the Laptev Sea had been known as Nordenskjold Sea (Russian: More Nordenshel'd), after explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.[1]
The Lena River, with its great delta, is a major tributary of the Laptev Sea.
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Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)
Official status
Official language of: Abkhazia (Georgia)
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Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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A marginal sea is a part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas. Unlike mediterranean seas, marginal seas have ocean currents caused by ocean winds.
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Siberia (Russian: Сиби́рь, Sibir); is a vast region on the eastern and North-Eastern part of the Russian Federation constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the
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Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. It lies between the Yenisei Gulf of the Kara Sea and the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
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Severnaya Zemlya (Russian: Се́верная Земля́, Northern Land
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The New Siberian Islands (Russian: Новосиби́рские острова, Novosibirskiye Ostrova) are an archipelago, located to the North of the East Siberian
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The Arctic Cape (also called Mys Arkticheskiy from the Russian Мыс Арктический
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Kara Sea (Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре) is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia.
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East Siberian Sea (Russian: Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean.
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This list of explorers is sorted by surname. See also the links below.
Name Nationality Century Main area/s explored
Antonio de Abreu Portuguese 16th Indonesia
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Name Nationality Century Main area/s explored
Antonio de Abreu Portuguese 16th Indonesia
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Dmitry Yakovlevich Laptev (Лаптев, Дмитрий Яковлевич in Russian) (d. after 1762) was a Russian Arctic explorer and Vice Admiral (1762).
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Khariton Prokofievich Laptev (Лаптев, Харитон Прокофьевич
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(Nils) Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld [IPA: ['nuːrdenʃɶld]], also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld (November 18, 1832, Helsinki, Finland) — August 12, 1901, Dalby, Skåne, Sweden) was a geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer and a member of the prominent
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Origin Baikal Mountains
Mouth Laptev Sea
Basin countries Russia
Length 4,400 km (2,734 mi)
Source elevation 1,640 m (5,381 ft)
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Mouth Laptev Sea
Basin countries Russia
Length 4,400 km (2,734 mi)
Source elevation 1,640 m (5,381 ft)
Avg.
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tributary (or confluent/affluent) is a stream or river which flows into a mainstem (or parent) river, and which does not flow directly into a sea. In orography, tributaries are ordered from those nearest to the source of the river to those nearest to the mouth of the
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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