Bolshoi Begichev

Bolshoi Begichev
	Greater Begichev Island (above) and a. with Laptev Sea (top right), the northeast part of the Chatangagolfs (left), Nordwikbucht (center), Anabar Bay (right), Anabarbucht (south of it) and Taimyr peninsula (top left)
Waters	Laptev Lake
Archipelago	Begichev Islands
Geographical location	74 ° 20 ′ N , 112 ° 30 ′ E Coordinates: 74 ° 20 ′ N , 112 ° 30 ′ E
length	50 km
width	40 km
surface	1 763.7 km²
Highest elevation	Vozvyshenost 'Kiryanka ; 198 m
Residents	uninhabited
	Location of Bolshoi Begichev

Bolshoi Begitschew ( Russian Большой Бегичев , dt. "Great Begitschew") is a 1,763.7 km² large and uninhabited island of the Laptev Sea north of the Asian mainland belonging to Siberia or Russia . It belongs administratively to the Nationalrajon Anabarski of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and is named after the Russian polar explorer Nikifor Begitschew (1874-1927).

Geographical location

Bolshoi Begichev is located east of the Taimyr Peninsula at the transition from the Chatanga Gulf to the Laptev Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean , with the Anabar Gulf to the southeast of the island . The island is located between two straits that connect the Chatanga Gulf with the Laptev Sea: the northern one is the Severny Strait , which leads northeast past the Preobrashenie Island into the Laptev Sea, and the southern is the Vostochny Strait , which also leads to the Laptewsee with the Anabargolf passes over. The small and uninhabited neighboring island of Maly Begitschew is located at the western beginning of both straits about 7 km west of the west coast of the island in Chatangagolf .

The island is about 50 km long and up to 40 km wide; its coastline is 194.5 km long. Your flat land in the west is characterized by tundra interspersed with many small lakes and ponds ; the rest of the island is hilly and reaches a maximum height of 198 m .

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Bol. Begichev (Groß Begitschew) on islands.unep.ch (English)
↑ ^a ^b topographic map (1: 200.000, p. S-49-XVII, XVIII, ed. 1987), Groß-Begitschew-Insel (large part) u. a. with Lake Laptev (right), the Severny (above) and Vostochny (below) straits leading to the Chatanga Gulf and the Preobrashenie Island (above) on maps49.narod.ru (with heights above sea level)

View from Cape Paksa to Bolshoi Begichev

[UNEP-1] Bol. Begichev (Groß Begitschew) on islands.unep.ch (English)

[TopoKar87-2] topographic map (1: 200.000, p. S-49-XVII, XVIII, ed. 1987), Groß-Begitschew-Insel (large part) u. a. with Lake Laptev (right), the Severny (above) and Vostochny (below) straits leading to the Chatanga Gulf and the Preobrashenie Island (above) on maps49.narod.ru (with heights above sea level)