The Faddey Islands (Russian: Oстровa Фаддея; Ostrova Faddeya) is a group of islands covered with tundra vegetation, shingle and ice. In physical Geography, tundra is an area where the Tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons It is located in the Laptev Sea coastal region, off Faddey Bay (залив Фаддея) in the coast of Siberia, east of the Taymyr Peninsula. The Laptev Sea ( Russian: мо́ре Ла́птевых is a Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The Faddey Bay ( Залив Фаддея; Zaliv Faddeya) is a gulf in the Laptev Sea on the eastern coast of the Taymyr Peninsula. Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving Taymyr Peninsula (Полуостров Таймыр Таймырский полуостров is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia The Main three islands are:
- Ostrov Faddeyya-Severnyy, latitude 76° 59' N and longitude 108° 02’ E.
- Ostrov Faddeyya-Vostochnyy, latitude 76° 58' N and longitude 108° 07’ E.
- Ostrov Faddeyya-Yuzhnyy, latitude 76° 53' N and longitude 107° 58’ E.
The sea around these Islands is covered with fast ice in the winter and the climate is severe. The surrounding sea is obstructed by pack ice even in the summer.
The Faddey Islands were named after Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, which is "Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen" in Russian. Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (also known as Фаддей Фаддеевич Беллинсгаузен Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen) (&ndash served as a naval officer
This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of Russia. Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноя́рский край Krasnoyarsky kray; not to be confused with Krasnodar Krai) is a federal subject of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
History
Ancient stone implements, probably shaped by man, were found on the Faddey Islands and were studied by researcher A.P. Okladnikov, an expert in the Ancient Cultures of Siberia and the Pacific Basin. Alexey Pavlovich Okladnikov (Алексе́й Па́влович Окла́дников (1908 &ndash 1981 was an Archaeologist, Historian, and Ethnographer
In 1940-41 Soviet hydrographers found the remains of people, money, weapons and other items on these islands and in the nearby coast of the Simsa Bay. The Simsa Bay or Bay of Sims ( Залив Симса; Zaliv Simsa) is a gulf in the Laptev Sea on the coast of the Taymyr Peninsula Apparently these were traces of an expedition undertaken by Akaky and Ivan Muromets in the early 17th century. The academician A. P. Okladnikov, who studied these findings in 1945, supposed that the people went there from the west, from the Yenisei River (Historical monument…, 1945).
However, in the 1980s hydrographer V. A. Troitsky put forward a different theory. According to his point of view the deceased seafarers tried to sail by sea from the Khatanga Gulf to the mouth of the Yenisei on two ships in order to load furs (Troitsky, 1991). The Khatanga Gulf or Khatanga Bay (Хатангский залив is a large tidal Estuary in the Laptev Sea. Yenisei (Енисе́й is the greatest River system flowing to the Arctic Ocean, and at 5539 km (3445 mi is the fifth longest river in the world But the first ship was crushed by ice in the area of the Faddey Islands. Even though the crew were able to reach the land, none of them managed to survive. The second ship reached the Simsa Bay, where the crew built a house in order to leave three ill people there. Then the ship made its way to the south, and four people seem to have been able to reach populated places.
References
- Nature Reserve: [1]
- On Russian explorations: [2]
- Polar Record, Scott Polar Research Institute.
- Soviet Geography, Accomplishments and Tasks. Geograficheskoe obshchestvo SSSR, 1962
- Geographical names: [3]
See also
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