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Cape October

Coordinates: 80°6′N 95°0′E / 80.100°N 95.000°E / 80.100; 95.000
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Cape October
Мыс Октябрьский
Cape October is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Cape October
Cape October
Location of Cape October in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 80°6′N 95°0′E / 80.100°N 95.000°E / 80.100; 95.000
LocationOctober Revolution Island,
Severnaya Zemlya,
 Russia
Offshore water bodiesRed Army Strait
Area
 • TotalRussian Far North

Cape October (Russian: Мыс Октябрьский; Mys Oktyabr’skiy)[1] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.

History

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This cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after the month of the 1917 Russian Revolution.[2]

Thelodonti fossils from the Upper Silurian have been found in the area of the headland,[3] as well as extinct marine mollusks of the Hiatellidae family.[4]

Geography

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Cape October is located in a low-lying unglaciated area of the northern part of October Revolution Island north of the Albanov Glacier. It faces the Red Army Strait opposite the Academy of Sciences Glacier on Komsomolets Island shore.[5] Visoky Island lies about 18 km (11 mi) east and Bolshoy Izvestnikovky Island about 13 km (8.1 mi) to the southwest of the cape, near the confluence with the Yuny Strait.[6]

1975 map showing Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula
Satellite image of October Revolution Island

See also

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References

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  1. ^ МЫС ОКТЯБРЬСКИЙ • ДИКСОНСКИЙ РАЙОН • ТАЙМЫРСКИЙ АВТОНОМНЫЙ ОКРУГ
  2. ^ "Архипелаг Северная Земля — один из наиболее крупных районов оледенения на территории России". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  3. ^ Karatajūtē-Talimaa, Valentina; Märss, Tiiu (2002). "Upper Silurian thelodonts from Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago (Russia)". Geodiversitas. 24 (2): 405–443. INIST 13724455.
  4. ^ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ МОЛЛЮСКОВ РОДА CYRTODARIA ДЛЯ СТРАТИГРАФИИ КАЙНОЗОЙСКИХ ОТЛОЖЕНИЙ АРКТИКИ
  5. ^ GoogleEarth
  6. ^ "Mys Oktyabr'skiy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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