Laptev Street
Laptev Street | ||
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Location of Laptev Street | ||
Connects waters | Laptev Lake | |
with water | East Siberian Sea | |
Separates land mass | Russian mainland | |
of land mass | Big Lyakhov Island | |
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Geographical location | 73 ° 5 ' N , 140 ° 37' E | |
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length | 155 km | |
Smallest width | 50 km | |
Greatest depth | 16 m |
The (Dmitri) Laptev Strait ( Russian Пролив Дмитрия Лаптева ) is a waterway that separates the Lyakhov Islands from mainland North Siberia . Laptev Street is 155 km long, 50 to 61 km wide and 11 to 16 m deep. It connects the Laptev and the East Siberian Seas and is frozen over for most of the year. It is named after the Russian polar explorer Dmitri Jakowlewitsch Laptew . The areas on both sides of Laptev Street belong to the Russian Republic of Sakha (formerly Yakutia ).
literature
- G. Gilbo: Sprawotschnik po istorii geografitscheskich naswani na pobereschje SSSR . Ministerstwo oborony Soiusa SSR, Glaw. upr. nawigazii i okeanografii, 1985, pp. 99-100. (Russian)
Web links
- Article Laptev Street in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)