Maly Begichev (russian: Малый Бегичев) is an island in the
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...
,
Russia
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. Its area is 15 km
2. This small island (maximum length 5.4 km) is situated within the
Khatanga Gulf
The Khatanga Gulf or Khatanga Bay (russian: Хатангский залив) is a large tidal estuary in the Laptev Sea. It is relatively narrow, its length being with a maximum width of .
Geography
The Bolshoy Begichev Island divides the gulf i ...
(Russian: Хатангский залив).
Only 8.5 km east of it lies the big island known as
Bolshoy Begichev Island
Bolshoy Begichev (russian: Большой Бегичев, translation= Big Begichev) is an island in the Laptev Sea, in the Sakha Republic, Russia.
Geography
The area of the island is . Bolshoy Begichev is located within the Khatanga Gulf (russi ...
. Its size is much larger, with an area of 1764 km sq. The border between administrative divisions of the
Russian Federation
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runs between the two Begichev islands, so that while Maly Begichev is in
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
, Bolshoy Begichev is in the
Sakha Republic
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
.
Both islands are named after Russian polar explorer
Nikifor Begichev
Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (russian: Никифор Алексеевич Бегичев (Бигичев); February 7 ( N.S. February 19), 1874 – May 18, 1927) was a Soviet seaman and polar explorer. He was twice awarded gold medal ...
.
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, ''The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena''.
Islands of the Laptev Sea
Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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