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Sarichef Strait
Sarychev or Sarichef may refer to *Sarychev (surname) *Sarychev Peak, a stratovolcano in the Kuril Islands, Russia *Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea * Cape Sarichef Airport on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands *Cape Sarichef Light Cape Sarichef Light is a lighthouse located on the northwest tip of Unimak Island, approximately southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The most westerly and most isolated lighthouse in North America, Cape Sarichef Light marks the northwest end of Uni ...
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Sarychev (surname)
Sarychev or Sarichef (russian: Сарычев) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Sarycheva. It may refer to *Gavril Sarychev (1763–1831), Russian navigator and hydrographer * Gennadi Sarychev (born 1938), Russian football player * Kirill Sarychev (born 1989), Russian powerlifter *Tatyana Sarycheva (born 1949), Russian volleyball player *Valeri Sarychev Valeri Konstantinovich Sarychev (russian: Валерий Константинович Сарычев; born 12 January 1960), also known as Shin Eui-son ( ko, 신의손), is a former Tajikistani footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is regard ... (born 1960), Russian-Tajikistan-South Korean football goalkeeper {{surname Russian-language surnames ...
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Sarychev Peak
Sarychev Peak (russian: вулкан Пик Сарычева, ''Vulkan Sarycheva'', variants: ja, 芙蓉山 ''Fuyō Mountain'', ''Fuyō-san'', ''Fuyō-yama'', ''Fuyo-zan'', ''Huyō San'', ja, 松輪富士 ''Matsuwa-fuji'') is an active stratovolcano covering almost the entirety of Matua Island in the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is a young, highly symmetrical stratovolcanic cone. The height of the plume during the 2009 eruption was estimated at . History The peak was named after admiral Gavril Sarychev of the Imperial Russian Navy. 2009 eruption The volcano erupted June 11–21, 2009, sending out ash plumes. As the volcano is near some of the main air routes between East Asia and North America, there was some disruption to air traffic. During an early stage of the eruption, on June 12, 2009, the International Space Station passed overhead and astronauts photographed the event. A hole in the overhead clouds, possibly caused by the shock wave from the explosion, allowed ...
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Sarichef Island
Sarichef Island ( Inupiaq: ''Qigiqtaq'' or ''Kigiqtaq'') is a long and narrow coastal island on the Chukchi Sea-facing coast of Alaska. It is located at the mouth of the Shishmaref Inlet, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. It is located hundred miles east of Russia, which can be seen on clear days. The highest point on the island is the 6-meter cemetery in Shishmaref. The island is rapidly disappearing due to the sea level rise associated with global warming. Sarichef Island is in length. The highest point on the island is above sea level. Shishmaref town and Shishmaref Airport are located on this island. This island was named in 1816 by explorer Lt. Otto von Kotzebue, of the Imperial Russian Navy, "in the honor of his worthy" Vice Admiral Gavril Sarychev (1763–1831). See also * Arctic shrinkage * Sea Islands The Sea Islands are a chain of tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States. Numbering over 100, they are located between the mou ...
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Cape Sarichef Airport
Cape Sarichef Airport was a small landing strip located on the western end of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was used to supply and support a United States Coast Guard LORAN station and U.S. Air Force DEW Line site during the Cold War. It is now a private-use facility owned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and managed by the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Cape Sarichef was named in 1816 by Russian explorer Otto von Kotzebue after Admiral Gavril Sarychev of the Imperial Russian Navy. Facilities Cape Sarichef Airport has two runways: * Runway 16/34: 3,500 x 120 ft. (1,067 x 37 m), surface: gravel * Runway 6/24: 1,900 x 90 ft. (579 x 27 m), surface: gravel History The airport was built in 1958 to support Cape Sarichef Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station. The station was operated by Detachment 3, 714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cold Bay Air ...
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