Preobrazheniya Island (), meaning ' Transfiguration Island',''Nicholas II Land'', Bulletin of the American Geographical Society Vol. 46, No. 2 (1914), pp. 117-120
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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 ...

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Geography

The island is elongated and small. It is situated off the Northern mouth of the

Khatanga Gulf The Khatanga Gulf or Khatanga Bay () is a large tidal estuary in the Laptev Sea. It is relatively narrow, its length being with a maximum width of . Geography The Bolshoy Begichev Island divides the gulf into two straits: Northern Strait ( wide) ...

(Russian: Хатангский залив), 15 km north of

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. Preobrazheniya Island is 7 km in length and its maximum width is 2,5 km. This island is granitic and has high rocky cliffs on its eastern side. The west side of the island is sloping to a gravel beach.

History

This island was useful as a landmark for ships plying the

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in the past. It is also known as "Ostrov Vstrechnyy". There is an abandoned Polar research station on Preobrazheniya.

Administration

For administrative purposes Preobrazheniya Island belongs to the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic of the

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References

The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910–1915

On Preobrazheniya Station
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, ''The Drift of Lenin's Convoy in the

, 1937–1938''
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* William Barr, ''The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena''. * Picture of the island from a recent visit by a British yachtsman: http://www.sailnews.com/148.0.html?&tx_ttnews at56&tx_ttnews

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