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| local_name = {{lang-ru|Остров Преображения}} |
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| image_name = Preobrazheniya Island.jpg |
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| image_caption = View of the island. |
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| map = Russia Sakha Republic |
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| map_caption = [[Sakha Republic]] (Yakutia) |
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| coordinates = {{coord|74|40|N|112|56|E|type:isle}} |
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'''Preobrazheniya Island''' ({{lang-ru|Остров Преображения}}), meaning '[[Transfiguration of Jesus|Transfiguration]] Island',<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/199861 ''Nicholas II Land'', Bulletin of the American Geographical Society Vol. 46, No. 2 (1914), pp. 117-120]</ref> is an island in the [[Laptev Sea]], [[Russia]]. |
'''Preobrazheniya Island''' ({{lang-ru|Остров Преображения}}), meaning '[[Transfiguration of Jesus|Transfiguration]] Island',<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/199861 ''Nicholas II Land'', Bulletin of the American Geographical Society Vol. 46, No. 2 (1914), pp. 117-120]</ref> is an island in the [[Laptev Sea]], [[Russia]]. |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101016154350/http://epic.awi.de/Publications/Polarforsch1975_1_6.pdf The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910–1915] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101016154350/http://epic.awi.de/Publications/Polarforsch1975_1_6.pdf The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910–1915] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024214250/http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/pubi/docu.psmsl/030418.docu On Preobrazheniya Station] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024214250/http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/pubi/docu.psmsl/030418.docu On Preobrazheniya Station] |
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* [[William Barr (Arctic historian)]], ''The Drift of [[Lenin (icebreaker)|Lenin's]] Convoy in the [[Laptev Sea]], 1937–1938''. [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic33-1-3.pdf (full text)] |
* [[William Barr (Arctic historian)]], ''The Drift of [[Lenin (1916 icebreaker)|Lenin's]] Convoy in the [[Laptev Sea]], 1937–1938''. [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic33-1-3.pdf (full text)] |
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* William Barr, ''The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena''. |
* William Barr, ''The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena''. |
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* Picture of the island from a recent visit by a British yachtsman: http://www.sailnews.com/148.0.html?&tx_ttnews[cat]=56&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4484&tx_ttnews[backPid]=147&cHash=a3f483c055 |
* Picture of the island from a recent visit by a British yachtsman: http://www.sailnews.com/148.0.html?&tx_ttnews[cat]=56&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4484&tx_ttnews[backPid]=147&cHash=a3f483c055 |
Latest revision as of 11:59, 8 December 2023
Russian: Остров Преображения | |
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Sakha Republic (Yakutia) | |
Geography | |
Location | Laptev Sea |
Coordinates | 74°40′N 112°56′E / 74.667°N 112.933°E |
Area | 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
Width | 2.5 km (1.55 mi) |
Highest elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
Administration | |
Preobrazheniya Island (Russian: Остров Преображения), meaning 'Transfiguration Island',[1] is an island in the Laptev Sea, Russia.
Geography
[edit]The island is elongated and small. It is situated off the Northern mouth of the Khatanga Gulf (Russian: Хатангский залив), 15 km north of Bolshoy Begichev Island.
Preobrazheniya Island is 7 km in length and its maximum width is 2,5 km. This island is granitic and has high rocky cliffs on its eastern side. The west side of the island is sloping to a gravel beach.
History
[edit]This island was useful as a landmark for ships plying the Northern Sea Route in the past. It is also known as "Ostrov Vstrechnyy". There is an abandoned Polar research station on Preobrazheniya.
Administration
[edit]For administrative purposes Preobrazheniya Island belongs to the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic of the Russian Federation.
References
[edit]- The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910–1915
- On Preobrazheniya Station
- William Barr (Arctic historian), The Drift of Lenin's Convoy in the Laptev Sea, 1937–1938. (full text)
- William Barr, The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena.
- Picture of the island from a recent visit by a British yachtsman: http://www.sailnews.com/148.0.html?&tx_ttnews[cat]=56&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4484&tx_ttnews[backPid]=147&cHash=a3f483c055