Sannikowstrasse
| Sannikowstrasse | ||
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| Connects waters | Laptev Lake | |
| with water | East Siberian Sea | |
| Separates land mass | Anjou Islands | |
| of land mass | Lyakhov Islands | |
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| Geographical location | 74 ° 30 ′ N , 140 ° 37 ′ E | |
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| length | 100 km | |
| Smallest width | 50 km | |
The Sannikow Strait ( Russian пролив Санникова ) is a 50 km wide and 100 km long sea route in the area of the New Siberian Islands . It separates the Lyakhov Islands in the south from the Anjou Islands in the north and it connects the Laptev with the East Siberian Sea .
The Strait of the Sea is named after Jakow Sannikow , a Russian explorer who first explored it on an expedition from 1810–1812 together with Matwei Gedenstrom .
Sannikowstrasse is a key point for the Northeast Passage , as the shallow water limits the maximum draft of a ship to 11 meters. Since 2010, however, the melting of the polar ice has made it possible to bypass the Anjou Islands and the Sannikow Strait at times; this route has a draft of about 18 meters.
literature
- Sergei Popov: Morskije imena Jakutii . Jakutskoje knischnoje isd-wo, 1987, pp. 51-52. (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ With ships through the melting ice of the Arctic . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 7, 2014, p. 23
Web links
- Article Sannikowstrasse in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)