Cape Baranov (; Mys Baranova)
History
The Laptev Sea shore of present-day Severnaya Zemlya was discovered by
Boris Vilkitsky in 1913 during the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service, but he was unaware that there was a strait west of the cape between what is now Bolshevik Island and the islands further north, for the straits are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole.
[ "Октябрьской Революции Остров" Great Soviet Encyclopedia]
This cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Soviet scientist Fedor Baranov (1886–1965).
Located near Cape Baranov, roughly to the SSE of the cape,[ Фотогалерея: 2004 - "Полярное Кольцо" - Местонахождение: 17 мая, Северная Земля, о.Большевик, м.Баранова, п/ст Примах] This is currently the only Polar station operating in Severnaya Zemlya.[ База Баранова, прием!]
Geography
Cape Baranov is located in the northern part of
Bolshevik Island facing the
Shokalsky Strait.
[GoogleEarth] This headland stretches out northwards in an unglaciated lowland area west of the mouth of
Mikoyan Bay.
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See also
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List of research stations in the Arctic
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