The Kyttyk Peninsula , commonly known as Kyttyk ( Russian : Кыттык ), is a peninsula on the northern coast of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , washed by the East Siberian Sea .
5-530: The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape Peschany . The territory of the peninsula consists of a swampy area. It is separated from the Ayon Island by the Maly Chaunsky Strait . The average height of the surface is 5 meters. The highest parts range from 15 to 50 meters. In the north-eastern part of the peninsula, this height ends on the coast and forms a steep coast. The smooth part of
10-541: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cape Peschany Cape Unslicht ( Russian : Мыс Песчаный , Mys Peschanyy ) is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya , Russia . Stretching out northwards NW of the Akhmatov Fjord and east of the mouth of Mikoyan Bay , this headland is the northernmost point of Bolshevik Island . Cape Unslicht is one of the landmarks defining the limits of
15-735: The Laptev Sea according to the International Hydrographic Organization . The Laptev Sea shore of present-day Severnaya Zemlya was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky in 1913 during the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service , but he was unaware that there was a strait west of the cape between what is now Bolshevik Island and the islands further north, for
20-713: The peninsula is covered with sand. The lakes in the western part have a circular shape, and their shores are sloping. The climate is arctic. According to the Rauchua meteorological station, the average annual temperature is −10.6 ° С, the average temperature in January is −26 ° С, and in June it is + 7.6 ° С. The annual rainfall is 140 mm. North wind is constantly blowing on the shores. The snow melts in late May and settles in October. This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article
25-536: The straits are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole. Named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after Zofia Unslicht , a German communist figure, this headland was renamed Mys Peschanyy ( Sandy Cape) in Russian, following World War II . There was a weather and scientific station near the cape, Peschanny Polar Station , now abandoned. This Krasnoyarsk Krai location article
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