The white island is located in the Kara Sea , separated by the Malygin Strait from the Yamal Peninsula . It is part of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug .
| White | |
|---|---|
 White Island. 2000 satellite image | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 1900 km² |
| Highest point | 12 m |
| Location | |
| Water area | Kara Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
There is no permanent population, since 1933 there is a polar weather station named after M.V. Popova. [one]
Geography
Area 1900 km ², height up to 12 m. The surface is covered with tundra vegetation. There are many thermokarst lakes on the island. It is separated from the Yamal Peninsula by the Malygin Strait , which is 9 km wide at its narrowest point.
The surface is flat, gradually descending to the south [2] . The north and east coasts are low, sandy, and cliffs up to 6 m high are sometimes found on the west and south coasts.
History
On August 12-13, 1944, an Arctic convoy BD-5 was sunk by a German submarine 60 miles from the island.
Notes
- ↑ Polar Post. named after M.V. Popova (White Island), MG-2
- ↑ White (island, Kara Sea) // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
Literature
- Bely, an island in the North Ocean // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Photos of the polar station (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 1, 2012. Archived on October 7, 2006.