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Peschanoye Universal Sports Resort
Peschany or Peschanaya may refer to: *Peschanaya, Irkutsk Oblast, a rural locality in Russia *Peschany, Murmansk Oblast, a rural locality in Russia *Peschany Island, an island in the Laptev Sea *Qum Island or Peschany Island, an island in the Caspian Sea *Peschanaya (river), a left tributary of the Ob River, Russia *Cape Peschany or Cape Unslicht, a cape in Severnaya Zemlya *Cape Peschany (Caspian Sea), a cape in Kazakhstan See also *Peschany (rural locality) (''Peschanaya'', ''Peschanoye''), a list of rural localities in Russia {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peschanaya, Irkutsk Oblast
Peschanaya (russian: Песч́аная) is a village in the Olkhonsky District of Irkutsk region of Russia, a part of the Khuzhirskiy municipal unit. Located in the bay Nurganskaya Guba in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island, in 12 km northeast from the village Kharantsy, Olkhonsky District, Kharantsy. In the late 1930s near the village a correctional labor camp was established for those convicted of hooliganism and larceny. The camp was a part of the GULAG system, the barracks were fenced with barbed wire. The prisoners worked on fishing boats, at the fish factory and a sawmill. References {{Authority control Rural localities in Irkutsk Oblast Camps of the Gulag Populated places on Lake Baikal Olkhon Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peschany, Murmansk Oblast
Peschany (russian: Песчаный) is a rural locality (a ''Posyolok'') in Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic circle, on the Kola Peninsula. It is the birthplace of Igor Prasolov, a former Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ... Minister of Economic Development and Trade. References Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast {{MurmanskOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peschany Island
Peschany Island (russian: о́стров Песча́ный; 'Sandy Island'), also known as Ostrov Mel, is an unusually-shaped island in the Laptev Sea. Geography Peschany Island consists of a -long elliptical landspit which is broken in its eastern and southeastern side forming three smaller islands. The curved spit encloses a shallow lagoon, making Peschany look like a tropical atoll in the maps. This island is barren and uninhabited. Peschany is located to the east of Bolshoy Begichev Island. The Siberian coast lies to the south. The sea surrounding Peschany Island is covered with pack ice in the winter. There are large polynias forming on the sea in Peschany Island's vicinity. The climate is marked by severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and low temperatures even in the short summer season which lasts barely two months. The island is host to colonies of walruses. A British yachtsman visiting Peschany Island recently commented on the weather and on the desolation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qum Island
Qum Island or Peschanniy (russian: о́стров Песча́ный; 'Sandy Island'), Azeri: Qum adası) is an island in the Bay of Baku, in the Caspian Sea. Geography Qum Island is in length with a maximum width of . It is a part of the Surakhany raion, located south of Baku, Azerbaijan. See also *Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan produces about of oil per day and 29 billion cubic meters of gas per year as of 2013. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (known as SOCAR) i ... References Islands of Azerbaijan Islands of the Caspian Sea Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peschanaya (river)
The Peschanaya ( rus, Песчаная) is a left tributary of the Ob. It flows through Altai Krai and Altai Republic in Siberia. Geography It originates approximately 25 kilometers south-east of the village of Besh-Ozek on the slopes Seminsky Range at an altitude of about 1700 m. It joins the Ob 13 km below the confluence of the Biya and Katun Katun may refer to: Places * Katun (river), a tributary of the Ob in Siberia, Russia * Katun Mountains or Katun Alps, a mountain range in Russia, part of the Altai Mountains * Katun (Vranje), a village in Vranje Municipality, Serbia * Katun ( .... It is long, and has a drainage basin of . References {{reflist Rivers of Altai Krai Rivers of the Altai Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Peschany
Cape Unslicht (russian: Мыс Песчаный, ''Mys Peschanyy'') is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. Geography Stretching out northwards NW of the Akhmatov Fjord and east of the mouth of Mikoyan Bay, this headland is the northernmost point of Bolshevik Island. Cape Unslicht is one of the landmarks defining the limits of the Laptev Sea according to the International Hydrographic Organization. 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. Named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Zofia Unslicht, a German communist figure, this headland was renamed ''Mys P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Peschany (Caspian Sea)
Cape Peschany ( kk, Песчаный Мүйісі ''Peschanyi Müiısı''; russian: Мыс Песчаный, ''Mys Peschanyy'') is a headland in Kazakhstan. Geography Stretching out southwestwards this headland is located in the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea south of Aktau. Its name means 'Sand Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class ...y Cape' in Russian. References Landforms of Kazakhstan Caspian Sea Headlands of Europe Headlands of Asia {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
