Red Army Strait (russian: Пролив Красной Армии, ''Proliv Krasnoy Army'')Characteristics of Icebergs in Their Calving Sites in Russian Arctic: Results of Airborne and Direct Studies during IPY 2007/08
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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 ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. It is named after the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

(Krasnaya Armiya).

Geography

The Red Army Strait is wide. It separates

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 ...

in the north from

October Revolution Island October Revolution Island (Russian: Остров Октябрьской Революции, ''Ostrov Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii'') is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic. It is named after the October Revolution ...

in the south and connects 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 west with 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 ...

in the east. The Yuny Strait, separating Pioneer Island from Komsomolets Island, branches to the northwest in the eastern part of the strait. The huge

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 ...

reaches the shore all along the northern side of the strait, while the smaller

Rusanov Glacier Rusanov (russian: Русанов) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Rusanova. It may refer to: *Anatoly Rusanov (born 1932), Russian chemist *Dmitri Rusanov (born 1987), Russian football player *Lyubov Rusanova (born 1954) ...

flanks the eastern part of its southern shore.

Cape October Cape October (russian: Мыс Октябрьский; ''Mys Oktyabr’skiy'') is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. History This cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev ...

is located in the northern shore of October Revolution Island, facing the Red Army Strait. Visoky Island lies about east and

Bolshoy Izvestnikovky Island Bolshoi (, meaning ''big'', ''large'', ''great'', ''grand'', etc.) may refer to: * Bolshoi Theatre, a ballet and opera theatre in Moscow, Russia ** Bolshoi Ballet, a ballet company at the Bolshoi Theatre *Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg, a ballet ...

lies about to the southwest of the cape. Operational Navigation Chart B-3, 2nd edition

References

Straits of the Laptev Sea Straits of the Kara Sea Straits of Severnaya Zemlya {{KrasnoyarskKrai-geo-stub