The Faddey Islands (Russian: Острова Фаддея; Ostrova Faddeya ) is a group of islands in the Laptev Sea , Russia .
7-569: The Faddey Islands group is located in the coastal region, off Faddey Bay (залив Фаддея) in the coast of Siberia , east of the Taymyr Peninsula . The Main islands are: The islands are covered with tundra vegetation, shingle and ice. 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
14-641: 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). 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
21-649: Is " Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen" in Russian. This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of Russia . Ancient stone implements, probably shaped by man, were found on the Faddey Islands and were studied by the Russian archaeologist A.P. Okladnikov , an expert in the ancient cultures of Siberia and the Pacific Basin. In 1940-41 Soviet hydrographers found
28-609: Is a gulf in the Laptev Sea on the eastern coast of the Taymyr Peninsula . It measures about 47 km from its innermost point in the southwest, the delta of the Pregradnaya River , to its broadest opening to the sea in the northeast. Its average width is 21 km. Owing to its extreme northerly location, the climate in the area of the Faddey Bay is exceptionally severe, with prolonged, bitter winters. This gulf
35-436: Is covered by ice most of the year, sometimes remaining frozen even in the brief summer period. The Faddey Islands lie to the north of the bay, right off its mouth. Both islands and the strait were named by Boris Vilkitsky 's 1913 expedition after Russian explorer Fabian "Faddey" Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , the discoverer of Antarctica . The Faddey Bay was visited by Vasili Pronchishchev during his exploratory group of
42-571: 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. Since 1993 these islands are part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve , the largest nature reserve of Russia. 76°57′00″N 107°50′00″E / 76.95000°N 107.83333°E / 76.95000; 107.83333 Faddey Bay The Faddey Bay ( Залив Фаддея ; Zaliv Faddeya )
49-563: The remains of people, money, weapons and other items on these islands and in the nearby coast of the Simsa Bay . Apparently these were traces of an expedition undertaken by Akaky and Ivan Muromets in the early 17th century. 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
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