Starokadomsky Island
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The Starokadomski Island (Russian Остров Старокадомского, scientific transliteration Ostrov Starokadomskogo ) is a Russian island in the Laptev Sea and belongs to the archipelago Severnaya Zemlya. Was named the island after Leonid Mikhailovich Starokadomski (1875-1962), the father of the Russian composer Mikhail Starokadomski.
Geography
The Starokadomski Island is located in the western part of the Laptev Sea, at the northern end of the Wilkizkistraße. It is located in the southeast of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, about 28 km east of the Bolshevik island and 6 kilometers west of the Little Taimyr Island. The Starokadomski Island belongs to the Krasnoyarsk region and has an area of 110 km ². The island is about 18 km long and 7 km wide. It consists of two major parts, which are connected by an isthmus. The northern part of the island is flat, the southern part of the island is hilly with elevations of 35 to 40 meters. The coasts are heavily cut. The uninhabited island is surrounded by pack ice in winter.
Flora and Fauna
The island is partially covered with ice. It can be found on her lower plants such as lichens and mosses. In the summer can be attributed to their occurring only in the Laptev Sea, Laptev walruses encounter ( Odobenus rosmarus laptevi ). In addition, the island is in the summer breeding area for birds, as well as habitat for polar bears. Since 1993 Starokadomski is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve ( Большой Арктический государственный природный заповедник ).
History
In 1913, the icebreakers Taimyr sailed ( Таймыр ) and Waigatsch ( Вайгач ) under the leadership of the Russian officer Boris Andreyevich Wilkizki for the first time later named after him Wilkizkistraße in search of a new North Passage ( later Northeast Passage ) in the Arctic Ocean. They explored first the east side of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, not previously known.
On September 8, 1913, the doctor of the expedition, Leonid Mikhailovich Starokadomski ( 1875-1962 ) discovered during the exploration of the Little Taimyr island on foot, be the first to the nearby later named after him Starokadomski Island.
While exploring the northern passage through the Amundsen expedition on Maud the Starokadomski Island was entered for the first time in 1919.
1930-1932, the complete mapping and surveying the island by the geologists Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov and Nikolai Nikolayevich Urwanzew which charted as part of their expedition, the entire 37,000 km ² archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya.