Cape of Desire is a cape on the North Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, near its extreme northern tip. Named Willem Barents in 1596 [1] . Near the cape is the polar station Cape Desire (since 1931), during World War II, the station at the cape was shelled by German submarines [2] .
| Cape of Desire | |
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 Cape Desire Location | |
| Location | |
| Washed waters | Barents Sea , Kara Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Arkhangelsk region |
Nature and geography
The cape is a steep cliff [1] up to 28 m high [3] , which is connected to the coast by a low isthmus. From the northwest and southeast, the Cape of Desire from a distance seems like an island. The surface of the cape is a plateau [4] [5] . It is composed of light gray sandstone that undergoes severe weathering [4] . The isthmus consists of sandstone mixed with clay, coarse sand and gravel. At the cape there are stones, and to the east-northeast of it there are several rocky islands [3] . The depths in the area of the cape are very uneven. From Cape Desire, it is customary to draw the border between the Barents and Kara Seas.
Title History
On the map of the Dutch expedition of Willem Barents in 1596, the name of the cape is Zhelaniy. In the form of "Cape of Desire" it was fixed as a result of an inaccurate translation of this name into Russian. The original Pomeranian name of the cape is Proceeds [6] , that is, the place to which Pomeranian animal producers reached the western coast of Novaya Zemlya. Behind this cape, the Kara Sea began, unfavorable for fishing due to the ice cover. [7]
Objects
- On the Cape of Desire is the lighthouse of Desire.
- The polar station "Cape of Desire" is located on the isthmus connecting the Cape of Desire with the coast. The station buildings and radio masts are visible from the southeast.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Cape of Desire is an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Polar base Kriegsmarine
- ↑ 1 2 Sheet of map T-42-XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII polar. Art. Cape of Desire . Scale: 1: 200,000. 1971 Edition
- ↑ 1 2 Meteorological observations at Cape Zhelaniya (Novaya Zemlya Island) (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is February 13, 2010. Archived on October 7, 2006.
- ↑ Photo of Cape Desire from the sea
- ↑ Incomes // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Е. Pospelov EM. Geographical names of the world: Toponymic dictionary: Approx. 5000 units / resp. ed. R.Ageeva. - M .: Russian dictionaries, 1998. - p. 153. - 503 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 5-89216-029-7 .