Sikora Island is one of the 90 islands of the Nordensköld archipelago in the southeastern part of the Kara Sea ( Arctic Ocean ). Administratively refers to the Taimyr district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the Russian Federation . Since 1993, together with the archipelago, it has been part of the largest reserve in Russia and all of Eurasia - the Big Arctic Arctic Nature Reserve .
| Sykora | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Population | 0 people (2010) |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Nordensjöld Archipelago |
| Water area | Kara Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk region |
| Area | Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets district |
Content
Geography
Sikora is just over 350 meters long and is part of one of the five main groups of islands that make up the Nordensköld archipelago - the Litke Islands group of 10 islands. Sofia island is located 900 meters north of the island, the largest island of the group is the island of Yermolova to the north-east, and a group of Pakhtusov islands is located south of the Lenin Strait .
The island consists of volcanic rocks and is located in the arctic desert and tundra . The climate is arctic, severe. Uninhabited.
History
The Nordenskjöld Archipelago was discovered in 1740 during the Great Northern Expedition by the surveyor group Nikifor Chekin , which was part of the Taimyr detachment Khariton Laptev . The name in honor of Niels Adolf Eric Nordensjöld was received only in 1893 while sailing along the coast of Siberia, the Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen on the ship " Fram ".
The group of Litke islands was named in 1901 in honor of the Russian navigator and polar explorer, President of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Petersburg, Count F. P. Litke, Russian geologist Baron E. V. Toll during a polar expedition to the St. John’s wort bar, which was then named one of the islands in honor of the Russian and Czech astronomer Joseph Sikora (Joseph Iosifovich Sikora, Czech. Josef Sýkora ; * 1870 - † 1944 ), a member of the Russian-Swedish expedition to Spitsbergen .
Literature
- GALITSKY V. І., GALITSK N. F. Geographic and social records, reports and followers: Calendar - dovernik. - Kyiv: Radyanska school, 1988 .-- S. 103, 113-114. - ISBN 5-330-00326-1
- DRBAL, A. Vidomy of Russia and the Czech astronomer Josef Sikora (1870-1944 // Today, geodetic science and technology: Zbіrnik naukovyh prіts of the Zakhidny geodetic partnership UTGK (Lviv). - ISSN 01. 10-29-29-29-29-29-29-29-29-29-29-22-22-22-29.2.2.2.28. ). - S. 20-26.
- DRBAL, A .: Ruský a český astronom Josef Sýkora (1870-1944). - In: Z dějin geodezie a kartografie 16 / Red. Antonín Švejda. - ISSN 0232-0916. - Praha: NTM, 2012 .-- S. 17-30. - (Rozpravy Národního technického muzea v Praze; Čís. 208).
- DRBAL A., NEJEDLÝ V. Významný ruský a český astronom Josef Sýkora (1870-1944): Prezentace / XXXII. sympozium “Z dějin geodezie a kartografie”, Národní technické muzeum, Praha 30.11.2011. - Zdiby: VÚGTK, 2011.
- Sikory (island). - In the book: B. Maslennikov. The Sea Chart Tells / Ed. N. I. Smirnova. - 2nd ed., Revised. and add. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1986. - S. 197.
Links
- DRBAL A. Vidomy of Russia and the Czech astronomer Josef Sikora (1870-1944) // Achievement of geodetic science and virology: Zbіrnik naukovyh prrats of the UZGD Geodetic Partnership of the UTGK (Lviv). - ISSN 0130-1039. - 2012. - VIP. II (24). - S. 20-26
- Map sheet T-46-XXVIII, XXIX, XXX m. Russian Western . Scale: 1: 200,000. Status of the area for 1988. 1993 edition
- List of islands of the Nordensköld archipelago