Laptev Strait (; ) is a 60 km-wide strait in

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. It separates Great Lyakhovsky Island of the Lyakhovsky Islands from the mainland, and connects the

Laptev Sea The Laptev Sea () is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya, and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to a point with ...

in the west with the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea (; ) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Siberian Islands to the west and Cape Billings, close to Chukchi Peninsula, Chukotka, ...

in the east. It is named after Russian explorer Dmitry Laptev.

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{{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub Straits of the Laptev Sea Straits of the East Siberian Sea Bodies of water of the Sakha Republic New Siberian Islands Straits of Russia