''Mirny'' (Russian: Ми́рный, literally "Peaceful") was a 20-gun

sloop-of-war In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...

of the

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, the second ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821, during which

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen (russian: Фадде́й Фадде́евич Беллинсга́узен, translit=Faddéy Faddéevich Bellinsgáuzen; – ) was a Russian naval officer, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately ...

(commander of the lead ship ''

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'') and

Mikhail Lazarev Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (russian: Михаил Петрович Лазарев, 3 November 1788 – 11 April 1851) was a Russian Naval fleet, fleet commander and an explorer. Education and early career Lazarev was born in Vladimir, R ...

(commanding ''Mirny'')

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the globe, discovered the continent of

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

and twice circumnavigated it, and discovered a number of islands and archipelagos in the

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and the

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History

''Mirny'' was under construction in 1818 at Olonetskaya Shipyards,

Lodeynoye Pole Lodeynoye Pole (russian: Лоде́йное По́ле, lit. ''the field of boats'') is a town and the administrative center of Lodeynopolsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Svir River (Lake Ladoga's basin) ...

. It was initially named ''Ladoga'' (after

Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga (; rus, Ла́дожское о́зеро, r=Ladozhskoye ozero, p=ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə or rus, Ла́дога, r=Ladoga, p=ˈladəɡə, fi, Laatokka arlier in Finnish ''Nevajärvi'' ; vep, Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a fresh ...

), but when a new ship became needed for an Antarctic expedition, the decision was taken not to build a completely new one, but to refit ''Ladoga''. It was reconstructed under surveillance of its future commander Mikhail Lazarev. On ''Vostok'' under the captaincy of

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, the leader of the expedition, alongside ''Mirny'' under the command of

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Mikhail Lazarev left

Kronshtadt Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for "crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...

and on reached the shore of

, which was sighted for the first time in history. After repair in

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, the expedition explored the tropical parts of the Pacific, and on again turned to Antarctica. On the sloops reached the southernmost point of their voyage at 69° 53' S and 92° 19' W. On they returned to Kronshtadt. In 751 days they covered 49 723 miles (circa 92 300 km). Apart from the discovery of the world's sixth continent,

, 29 islands were mapped and complex oceanographic works carried out. A medal was issued by the

Russian Admiralty Board of Admiralties (russian: Адмиралтейств-коллегия, ''Admiralteystv-kollegiya'') was a supreme body for the administration of the Imperial Russian Navy and admiralty shipyards in the Russian Empire, established by Peter the ...

to commemorate the expedition.

Named in honor

* Mirny Rupes, a mountain chain on planet

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. *

Mirny Peak Mirnyy Peak () is a prominent peak, high, northeast of Enigma Peak in the northern part of Rothschild Island, Antarctica. It was presumably first seen from a distance in 1821 by the First Russian Antarctic Expedition, led by Fabian von Bellingsha ...

, a prominent

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, 750 m, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of

Enigma Peak Enigma Peak is a peak, high, surmounting Fournier Ridge in the Desko Mountains, on Rothschild Island. It was probably seen from a distance by F. Bellingshausen in 1821, Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1909, and the British Graham Land Expedition in 19 ...

in the north part of

Rothschild Island Rothschild Island is a black rugged island long, mainly ice-covered but surmounted by prominent peaks of Desko Mountains in Antarctica, west of the north part of Alexander Island in the north entrance to Wilkins Sound. History The island was ...

, presumably first seen from a distance in 1821 by the First Russian Antarctic Expedition. *

Mirny Station The Mirny Station (russian: Мирный, literally ''Peaceful'') is a Russian (formerly Soviet) first Antarctic science station located in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica, on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea. The station is managed by the ...

, a Russian Antarctic research station on the coast of the

Davis Sea Davis Sea is an area of the sea along the coast of East Antarctica between West Ice Shelf in the west and the Shackleton Ice Shelf in the east, or between 82° and 96°E. The name "Davis Sea" appears in most leading geographically authoritati ...

, established on February 13, 1956 by the 1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition. * Mirny Peninsula, on which Mirny Station is located.Mirny Observatory

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References

* Морской энциклопедический словарь. Л.: Судостроение, 1991.
Mirny, with model scheme
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