Yuny Strait (russian: Юный пролив) is a strait in Severnaya Zemlya,

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. It is covered with ice most of the year.

History

Initially named ''Proliv Yungshturm'' (russian: пролив Юнгштурм) after the Roter Jungsturm of the German Communist Youth, following the

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, its name was changed to ''Yuny'' (Youth).Ушаков Г. А. ''По нехоженной земле''
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Geography

The Yuny Strait is a maximum -wide strait that separates Pioneer Island from Komsomolets Island, connecting the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

in the northwest with the Red Army Strait in the southeast. It runs roughly in a northwest/southeast direction and its confluence with the Red Army Strait is located to the southwest of Cape October. The minimum width of Yuny Strait is .

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References

Straits of Severnaya Zemlya Straits of Krasnoyarsk Krai Straits of the Kara Sea {{KrasnoyarskKrai-geo-stub