Makar Island (Остров Макар) is an island in the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russian Federation
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. It is part of the
Yana Bay
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of the
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...
.
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There is a Russian
Polar station
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Historically few research sta ...
on the island. In 1985
bison
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Of the two surviving species, the American bison, ''B. bison'', found only in North Ame ...
bones from the
Pleistocene
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were collected by Yu. A. Yarlykov on Makar Island.
Geography
Makar Island is located off the NW end of
Sellyakh Bay
Sellyakh Bay (russian: Селляхская губа; sah, Сиэллээх тамах) is a bay in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation. Google Earth
There are no settlements in the bay area, the nearest inhabited ...
, about from the mouths of the
Chondon
The Chondon ( rus, Чондон; sah, Чондоон) is a river in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of .
The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of th ...
to the south, and north of the
Shelonsky Islands
The Shelonsky Islands (russian: Шелонские острова, Shelonskiye Ostrova) is an island group in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation.
They are located in the Laptev Sea and are subject to severe Arctic weather with freq ...
. The island is flat and marshy. It has some small lakes and a landspit pointing towards the east. Its length is and its maximum breadth . This island, like
Muostakh Island
Muostakh Island (Russian: Остров Муостах), also spelled "Mostakh", is an island in the Buor-Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea. It is located off the eastern side of the Lena delta, enclosing the Tiksi Bay, about 35 km ESE of Tiksi. ...
further west in the
Buor-Khaya Gulf
The Buor-Khaya Gulf or Buor-Khaya Bight (russian: Губа Буор-Хая) is one of the most important gulfs of the Laptev Sea. Administratively the Buor-Khaya Gulf belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.
There is an ...
, is subject to heavy erosion.
Erosion of Makar Island
The Yana Bay area is subject to severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and blizzards. The sea in the bay is frozen with thick ice for about eight months every year.[
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See also
*List of islands of Russia
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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*List of research stations in the Arctic
A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in the Arctic. Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern polar region of Earth.
Historically few research st ...
References
External links
Geographical dataComparative Shoreface Evolution along the Laptev Sea CoastPictures of Makar IslandPictures of the Makar Island Polar Station
Islands of the Laptev Sea
Islands of the Sakha Republic
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