Big Deer - an island in the Kola district of the Murmansk region . Nearby is the island of Catherine , as well as the small islands of Middle Deer and Small Deer .
| Big Deer | |
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 View of the island from the bay (1974) | |
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| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Murmansk region |
| Area | Kola district |
Located in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea . The island is a protected area under the protection of the Murmansk Biological Station [1] .
In 1910, a lighthouse was built on the island [2] .
In 1925, on the island of Bolshoi Oleniy, the Oleneostrovsky burial ground of the early metal era was discovered, which was excavated in 1928 (the work of A.V. Schmidt) and in 1947-1948 (the work of N. N. Gurina). In 2013, dated 3,500 years ago.
On the island in 1950-2006 was the village of Lighthouse Big Deer [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Kola Collection, 1930 (unavailable link) . Archived on April 7, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Big Deer Lighthouse // Kola Encyclopedia . 5 t. T. 3. L - O / Ch. ed. V.P. Petrov . - Murmansk: RUSMA (IP Glukhov A. B.), 2013 .-- 477 p. : ill., portr.
Links
- Kluge G. A. A letter to the Glavnauk about the command of the Big Deer Island. 1928 /. // State. archive of the Murmansk region. Fund 20, inventory 1, file 53, sheet 16.
- Map of the northwestern part of the Kola Peninsula (Inaccessible link) . Archived February 15, 2015.
- Funeral traditions and rituals of the ancient population of Russian Lapland