Maly Begichev Island

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Location of Maly Begichev and Bolshoy Begichev islands in the Khatanga Gulf. Kara sea2BB.PNG
Location of Maly Begichev and Bolshoy Begichev islands in the Khatanga Gulf.

Maly Begichev (Russian : Малый Бегичев) is an island in the Laptev Sea, Russia. Its area is 15 km². This small island (maximum length 5.4 km) is situated within the Khatanga Gulf (Russian: Хатангский залив).

Russian language East Slavic language

Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although nearly three decades have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia.

Laptev Sea Marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia between the Kara Sea and the East Siberian Sea

The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to a point with co-ordinates of 79°N and 139°E, and ends at the Anisiy Cape. The Kara Sea lies to the west, the East Siberian Sea to the east.

Khatanga Gulf bay

The Khatanga Gulf or Khatanga Bay is a large tidal estuary in the Laptev Sea. It is relatively narrow, its length being 220 km with a maximum width of 54 km.

Only 8.5 km east of it lies the big island known as Bolshoy Begichev Island. Its size is much larger, with an area of 1764 km sq. The border between administrative divisions of the Russian Federation runs between the two Begichev islands, so that while Maly Begichev is in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Bolshoy Begichev is in the Sakha Republic.

Bolshoy Begichev Island island

Bolshoy Begichev is an island in the Laptev Sea, Russia.

Krasnoyarsk Krai First-level administrative division of Russia

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Sakha Republic First-level administrative division of Russia

The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is a federal Russian republic. It had a population of 958,528 at the 2010 Census, mainly ethnic Yakuts and Russians.

Both islands are named after Russian polar explorer Nikifor Begichev.

Nikifor Begichev Russian seaman and polar explorer

Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (Russian: Никифор Алексеевич Бегичев was a Soviet seaman and polar explorer. He was twice awarded gold medals by the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Coordinates: 74°17′40″N111°09′29″E / 74.2944°N 111.158°E / 74.2944; 111.158

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

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