The Uboynaya (russian: Убойная) is a
river in the
Taymyr Peninsula,
Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Russian Federation. Its source is in the
Byrranga Mountains.
It flows across desolate tundra regions into the
Kara Sea. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The lichen ''Dactylina arctica'' is common and abundant in the area.
The Uboynaya freezes up in late September or early October and stays under the ice until June. In the short summer the area is a breeding ground for certain birds, like the
dunlin
The dunlin (''Calidris alpina'') is a small wader, formerly sometimes separated with the other "stints" in the genus ''Erolia''. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from ''dun'', "dull brown ...
.
History
In 1922, while leading a geological expedition,
Nikolay Urvantsev found abandoned skis at the mouth of the Uboynaya River. They belonged to
Roald Amundsen's 1919 Arctic expedition's ill-fated crew members
Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen.
[ William Barr, ''The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919'']
This river is now within the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world.
References
External links
Ecotourism
Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Drainage basins of the Kara Sea
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