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Cape Baranov (Russian: Мыс Баранова; Mys Baranova) is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.




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 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.
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).
Located near Cape Baranov, roughly 15 km (9.3 mi) to the SSE of the cape, the Prima Polar Station of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute closed down in 1996 and reopened in June 2013 as a private venture. This is currently the only Arctic research facility operating in Severnaya Zemlya.




Geography


Cape Baranov is located in the northern part of Bolshevik Island facing the Shokalsky Strait. This headland stretches out northwards in an unglaciated lowland area west of the mouth of Mikoyan Bay.




See also


List of research stations in the Arctic




References






External links


Russian scientists have found a sharp decrease in the concentration of ozone over the Cape Baranov Research Base (in Russian)
YouTube - Мыс Баранова. Обзор
Evacuation of "North Pole - 40" station

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Cape Baranov
• Severnaya Zemlya
• Bolshevik Island
• Baranov (disambiguation)
• Alexander Andreyevich Baranov
• Matvei Gedenshtrom
• List of first human settlements
• List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
• List of research stations in the Arctic
• Shokalsky Strait