Laptev Sea

The Laptev Sea is a north of Russia or Asia -lying marginal sea of ​​the Arctic Ocean. It is named after the Russian explorer Chariton Prokofjewitsch Laptev and his cousin Dmitry Yakovlevich Laptev.

Topographically, it is bounded by the Taimyr peninsula in the west, the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in the north- west and the New Siberian Islands to the east. The Laptev Sea extends from about 72 ° latitude northward to permanent ice edge of the Arctic Ocean at about 80 °, or 110 ° to 140 ° longitude and takes up an area of ​​approximately 714,000 km ² with an average depth of 578 meters. The largest calculated depth is 2,980 meters below sea level.

In this often icy sea of ​​the largest power of Eastern Siberia, the Lena flows, with their great Lena Delta. Much farther west - on the southeast coast of the Taimyr peninsula - is the Chatangagolf than estuary of Chatanga. Even these two contrary mouth shapes can reveal a lot about the changing flow conditions that cause the Siberian rivers in the Laptev Sea, and they are responsible for the local climate. About 80 km west of the Lena flows into the Laptev Sea, the Olenjok, further west is the Anabarbucht Anabargolf at the mouth of the Anabar, and in the far east is that of Jana, like the Lena forms a delta.

Adjacent marginal seas of the Laptev Sea to the west are the Kara Sea to the leads on the Severnaya Zemlya, located south of Wilkizkistraße, and in the east the East Siberian Sea, the east is the New Siberian Islands.

Few settlements lie on the Laptev Sea, including the port of Tiksi.