Shokalsky Strait () is a strait in

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The Shokalsky Strait is an up to a 50 km-wide strait that separates Bolshevik Island from October Revolution Island, connecting the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea 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. Ultimately the Kara, Barents and Laptev Seas are all ...

in the west with the

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in the east. It is named after Russian oceanographer Yuly Shokalsky Some fjords of Severnaya Zemlya have their mouths in the strait, such as Marat Fjord in October Revolution Island's eastern shore, as well as Partizan Fjord, Spartak Fjord and Thaelmann Fjord in Bolshevik Island northwestern coast. Cape Baranov and its adjacent Prima Polar StationИнформационное сообщение об открытии «Ледовой базы «Мыс Баранова» для выполнения научных работ ААНИИ в 2013-2014 г.г.
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The Krasnoflotskiye Islands are located at the western end of the strait.

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Straits of Severnaya Zemlya Bodies of water of the Sakha Republic Straits of the Laptev Sea Straits of the Kara Sea {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub

Geography

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