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Krenkel Bay (russian: Бухта Кренкеля, ''Bukhta Krenkelya''), is a
bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
in
Severnaya Zemlya Severnaya Zemlya (russian: link=no, Сéверная Земля́ (Northern Land), ) is a archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago s ...
,
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.
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History

This bay was discovered by the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by
Georgy Ushakov Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (russian: Георгий Алексеевич Ушаков) (17 (30) January 1901 – 3 December 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic. Ushakov broke new ground when he surveyed and explored Severnaya Zemlya, togeth ...
and
Nikolay Urvantsev Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (russian: Николáй Николáевич Урвáнцев; – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and explorer. He was born in the town of Lukoyanov in the Lukoyanovsky Uyezd of the Nizhny Novgorod Gove ...
. Decades later, in 1973, this bay was named after Soviet
Arctic explorer Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored the region north of the Arctic Circle. Historical records suggest that humankind have explored ...
and radio operator
Ernst Krenkel Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (russian: Эрнст Теодо́рович Кре́нкель; in Białystok – 8 December 1971 in Moscow) was a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, doctor of geographical sciences (1938), and Hero of the Sovie ...
(1903–1971).


Geography

Krenkel Bay is a body of water in the northeastern area of
Komsomolets Island Komsomolets Island in Severnaya Zemlya Komsomolets Island (russian: остров Комсомолец) is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest island in the group. It is the 82nd lar ...
, the northernmost island of Severnaya Zemlya. The bay is open to the southeast. It is regular in shape and has a width of about . The edge of the massive
Academy of Sciences Glacier The Academy of Sciences Glacier (russian: ледник Академии наук; ''Lednik Akademii Nauk''), is a large ice cap on Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian Federation. It is the largest in Severnaya Zemlya and is also the la ...
runs all along the western shore, while the northern shoreline is bound by a stretch of
unglaciated A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
area.
Ozerny Island Ozyorny (masculine), Ozyornaya (feminine), Ozyornoye (neuter), or Ozyornye (plural for all genders) may refer to: *Ozyorny (inhabited locality) (''Ozerny'', ''Ozyornaya'', ''Ozyornoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia *Ozyornaya (M ...
lies close to the northeastern headland of the bay.Russian map T-48-VII,VIII,IX - Т-47,48
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See also

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List of fjords of Russia This is a list of the most important fjords of the Russian Federation. Fjords In spite of the vastness of the Arctic coastlines of the Russian Federation there are relatively few fjords in Russia. Fjords are circumscribed to certain areas only; ...


References


External links

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Eurasian Arctic Tectonics - DiVA
Bays of Severnaya Zemlya Bays of the Laptev Sea {{Russia-geo-stub