Dolgy Island (russian: остров До́лгий, meaning "Long Island") is an island in the
Pechora Sea
Pechora Sea (russian: link=no, Печо́рское мо́ре, or Pechorskoye More), is a sea at the northwest of Russia, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea. The western border of the sea is off Kolguyev Island, while the eastern border i ...
, northwest of the
Khaypudyr Bay. The landscape of the island is relatively flat with small lakes and
tundra
In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mou ...
patches.
This island should not be confused with other islands called "Dolgy", one of which is located in the
Barents Sea
The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian terr ...
itself in the bay southeast of
Khodovarikha
Khodovarikha (russian: Ходовариха) is a point in the coast of the Pechora Sea located on a landspit projecting eastwards over the bay. Latitude: 68° 57' Longitude: 53° 45'
Khodovarikha belongs to the Nenets Autonomous Okrug administrat ...
and the other in
Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance fo ...
.
Dikson Island
Dikson Island (russian: Ди́ксон), initially Dickson, is the name of an island in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District (russian: Таймы́рский Долга́но-Не́нецкий райо́н), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, situated ...
was also formerly called "Dolgy".
Description
Dolgy Island's southern tip is located only from the
West Siberian Plain mainland. Long and narrow, it stretches roughly from north-west to south-east and is in length, with an average width of .
This island is administratively a part of
Nenets Autonomous Okrug
The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (russian: Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг; Nenets: Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ''Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk'') is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of ...
, an
autonomous okrug
Autonomous okrugs ( rus, автономный округ, ''avtonomnyy okrug''; more correctly referred to as "autonomous districts" or "autonomous areas") are a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation and simultaneously an administra ...
of
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solo ...
.
Adjacent islands
There are smaller islands in Dolgy's vicinity at both of its ends which are a prolongation of the same submarine structure.
* Matveyev Island, located in the north.
* Golets, a small islet located NW of the northern tip.
*Bolshoy Zelenets and Maly Zelenets, located in the south, between Dolgy and the mainland.
History
Stepan Malygin
Stepan Gavrilovich Malygin () (unknown-1 August 1764) was a Russian Arctic explorer.
Malygin studied at the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation from 1711 to 1717. After his graduation, Malygin began his career as a naval cadet and was ...
undertook a voyage starting from Dolgy Island in 1736-1737. There were two ships in this early expedition, the ''Pervy'', under Malygin and the ''Vtoroy'' under the command of captain A. Skuratov. After entering the little-explored
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 archipel ...
, they sailed to the mouth of the
Ob River
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...
.
Malygin took careful observations of these hitherto almost unknown areas of the Russian Arctic coastline. With this knowledge he was able to draw the first somewhat accurate map of the Arctic shores between the
Pechora River
; Komi: Печӧра; Nenets: Санэроˮ яха
, name_etymology = The Russian name of the river is a combination of two words in an old local Nenets dialect, "pe" & "chora". Literally it means "forest dweller".
, image ...
and the
Ob River
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...
.
[C. Raymond Beazley, ''The Russian Expansion Towards Asia and the Arctic in the Middle Ages (to 1500)''. The American Historical Review]
See also
*History of the
Northern Sea Route
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, ''Severnyy morskoy put'', shortened to Севморпуть, ''Sevmorput'') is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of N ...
*
Stepan Malygin
Stepan Gavrilovich Malygin () (unknown-1 August 1764) was a Russian Arctic explorer.
Malygin studied at the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation from 1711 to 1717. After his graduation, Malygin began his career as a naval cadet and was ...
Bibliography
*G. Gilbo: ''Sprawotschnik po istorii geografitscheskich naswani na pobereschje SSSR''. Ministerstwo oborony Soiusa SSR, Glaw. upr. nawigazii i okeanografii, 1985, p. 101.
References
{{Barents Sea Islands
Islands of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Islands of the Barents Sea
Islands of Nenets Autonomous Okrug