Preobrazheniya Island (russian: Остров Преображения), meaning ' Transfiguration Island',''Nicholas II Land'', Bulletin of the American Geographical Society Vol. 46, No. 2 (1914), pp. 117-120
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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, t ...

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Geography

The island is elongated and small. It is situated off the Northern mouth of the

Khatanga Gulf The Khatanga Gulf or Khatanga Bay (russian: Хатангский залив) is a large tidal estuary in the Laptev Sea. It is relatively narrow, its length being with a maximum width of . Geography The Bolshoy Begichev Island divides the gulf i ...

(Russian: Хатангский залив), 15 km north of

Bolshoy Begichev Island Bolshoy Begichev (russian: Большой Бегичев, translation= Big Begichev) is an island in the Laptev Sea, in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Geography The area of the island is . Bolshoy Begichev is located within the Khatanga Gulf (russi ...

. Preobrazheniya Island is 7 km in length and its maximum width is 2,5 km. This island is granitic and has high rocky cliffs on its eastern side. The west side of the island is sloping to a gravel beach.

History

This island was useful as a landmark for ships plying 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 No ...

in the past. It is also known as "Ostrov Vstrechnyy". There is an abandoned Polar research station on Preobrazheniya.

Administration

For administrative purposes Preobrazheniya Island belongs to the

Sakha Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Ea ...

(Yakutia) Republic of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

References

The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910–1915

On Preobrazheniya Station
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William Barr (Arctic historian) William Barr (born 1940) is a Scottish historian now resident of Calgary, Canada, with a specific interest in the history of exploration of the Arctic, and to a lesser degree, the Antarctic. He holds degrees in Geography from the University of ...

, ''The Drift of Lenin's Convoy in the

, 1937–1938''
(full text)
* William Barr, ''The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena''. * Picture of the island from a recent visit by a British yachtsman: http://www.sailnews.com/148.0.html?&tx_ttnews at56&tx_ttnews t_news4484&tx_ttnews ackPid147&cHash=a3f483c055 Islands of the Sakha Republic Islands of the Laptev Sea {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub