Cape Unslicht

This article is about the cape in Severnaya Zemlya. For the headland in Kazakhstan, see Cape Peschany (Caspian Sea).
Cape Unslicht
Мыс Песчаный
Cape Peschany
Map showing the location of Cape Unslicht

Location of Cape Unslicht in Krasnoyarsk Krai

Location Bolshevik Island,
Severnaya Zemlya,
 Russia
Coordinates 79°25′4″N 102°31′0″E / 79.41778°N 102.51667°E / 79.41778; 102.51667Coordinates: 79°25′4″N 102°31′0″E / 79.41778°N 102.51667°E / 79.41778; 102.51667
Offshore water bodies Laptev Sea
Area Russian Far North

Cape Unslicht (Russian: Мыс Песчаный, Mys Peschanyy)[1] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.

Geography

Stretching out northwards this headland is the northernmost point of Bolshevik Island.[1]

Cape Unslicht is one of the landmarks defining the limits of the Laptev Sea according to the International Hydrographic Organization.[2]

History

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 between what is now Bolshevik Island and the islands further north, for the straits are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole.[3][4]

Named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Zofia Unslicht, a German communist figure,[5][6] this headland was renamed Mys Peschanyy (Sandy Cape) in Russian, following World War II.

There was a weather station near the cape.[7]

1975 map showing Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula
NASA satellite image of Severnaya Zemlya in 2001

References

  1. 1 2 "Mys Peschanyy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Barr, William (1975). "Severnaya Zemlya: the last major discovery". Geographical Journal. 141 (1): 59–71. doi:10.2307/1796946.
  4. ↑ "Октябрьской Революции Остров" Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  5. ↑ Архипелаг Северная Земля — один из наиболее крупных районов оледенения на территории России
  6. ↑ Word Pro - Die Komintern.lwp - Internationale Sozialisten
  7. ↑ Operational Navigation Chart B-3, 2nd edition


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