
Sibiryakov Island or Sibiryakow Island (russian: Остров Сибирякова, ''Ostrov Sibiryakova''), also known as Kuz'kin Island (Кузькин остров), is an island of . Its length is and its maximum width . It is covered with
tundra vegetation.
This island is located in the
Kara Sea, off the northern end of the estuary of the
Yenisei river, at just from the nearest coast.
The sea surrounding Sibiryakov Island is covered with pack ice in the winter and there are numerous ice floes even in the summer. The strait between Sibiryakov Island and the mainland is known as Vostochnyy Proliv.
This island belongs to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the
Russian Federation. It is also part of the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.
This island is named after
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov
Alexander Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Сибиряко́в) ( in Irkutsk – 1933) was a Russian gold mine and factories owner and explorer of Siberia.
Biography
Sibiryakov graduated from the ...
, an Imperial Russian gold-mine proprietor. Sibiryakov financed explorations to Siberia, such as
Nordenskiöld's, and also took part in some expeditions of his own.
Adjacent islands
12 km off Sibiryakov Island's northern cape lies a narrow and curved group of three islands known as Nosok Island (Остров Носок; ''Ostrov Nosok'').
References
* Nature Reserve
* Encyclopædia Britannica.
See also
*
Kara Sea
Islands of the Kara Sea
Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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