Zhuravlev Bay (russian: залив Журавлева, ''Zaliv Zhuravleva''), 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 ...

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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This bay is blocked by ice most of the year.

History

This bay was named 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 ...

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 ...

, invaluable member of the expedition and veteran surveyor Sergei Prokopyevich Zhuravlev (1892–1937).

Geography

Zhuravlev 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.Залив Журавлева. Остров Комсомолец
/ref> The bay is open to 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 southwest. It has a maximum width at its mouth of about , steadily narrowing towards the inner bay. 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 eastern shore, while the northwestern 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 with Shar Island, in diameter, at the end of the headland. Zhurawljow-Bucht 3 2014-09-01

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Журавлев Сергей Прокопьевич (08(20).10.1892–26.11.1937)Polarpost - Журавлев Сергей Прокопьевич (1892–1937)Eurasian Arctic Tectonics - DiVA
Bays of Severnaya Zemlya Bays of the Kara Sea {{KrasnoyarskKrai-geo-stub

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