Faddeyevsky Peninsula

Peninsula in Russia
75°27′N 143°51′E / 75.450°N 143.850°E / 75.450; 143.850Adjacent to
Arctic Ocean
East Siberian Sea
Area5,300 km2 (2,000 sq mi)Length85 km (52.8 mi)Width60 km (37 mi)Highest elevation65 m (213 ft)Administration
Russia
Federal subjectSakha RepublicDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

Faddeyevsky, also known as Faddeyevsky Island (Russian: остров Фаддеевский), is a large peninsula in the New Siberian Islands, Sakha Republic, Russia.

This geographic feature was named after a fur trader called Faddeyev who built the first settlement there.[1]

Geography

It was formerly recognized as an island, but it is geographically part of Kotelny Island. The peninsula projects from the northern end of Bunge Land eastwards with its isthmus in the north. There is a deep inlet on Faddeyevski between its western coast and adjoining Bunge Land.[2]

Faddeyevsky is covered with tundra vegetation and dotted with small lakes.

Unlike neighboring Kotelny this peninsula is relatively flat despite its size, its highest point being only 65 m. Its area is 5,300 km2.

Map of the New Siberian Islands ca. 1820.
Faddeyevsky Landsat-1 satellite image.

See also

  • Anzhu Islands

References

  1. ^ "Faddeyevsky Peninsula". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg. 1890–1907.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Ostrov Faddeyevskiy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 22 July 2019.


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