Cape Baranov
Мыс Баранова | |
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Location of Cape Baranov in
Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
Coordinates: 79°21′4″N 101°44′0″E / 79.35111°N 101.73333°E | |
Location |
Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya, ![]() |
Offshore water bodies | Shokalsky Strait |
Area | |
• Total | Russian Far North |
Cape Baranov ( Russian: Мыс Баранова; Mys Baranova) [1] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
The Laptev Sea shore of present-day Severnaya Zemlya was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky in 1913 during the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service, but he was unaware that there was a strait west of the cape between what is now Bolshevik Island and the islands further north, for the straits are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole. [2] [3]
This cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Soviet scientist Fedor Baranov (1886–1965). [4]
Located near Cape Baranov, roughly 15 km (9.3 mi) to the SSE of the cape, [5] the Prima Polar Station of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute closed down in 1996 and reopened in June 2013 as a private venture. [6] This is currently the only Arctic research facility operating in Severnaya Zemlya. [7] [8]
Cape Baranov is located in the northern part of Bolshevik Island facing the Shokalsky Strait. [9] This headland stretches out northwards in an unglaciated lowland area west of the mouth of Mikoyan Bay. [1]
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