Akhmatov Fjord

Akhmatov Fjord, also known as Akhmatov Bay (Russian: Залив Ахматова, Zaliv Akhmatova),[2] is a fjord in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.[1] This fjord is clogged by ice most of the year.

Akhmatov Fjord
View of the shore of the fjord
Akhmatov Fjord
Location in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Landsat 7 image of Bolshevik Island
LocationSevernaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates79°7′N 103°3′E
Ocean/sea sourcesLaptev Sea
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length56 km (35 mi)[1]
Max. width17 km (11 mi)
IslandsLishny Island, Yuzhny Island

History

The fjord was named in 1913 after the Russian hydrographer who surveyed it in the course of the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service.[3]

Geography

Akhmatov Fjord is a fjord with a wide entrance in the northeastern area of Bolshevik Island, the southernmost island of Severnaya Zemlya. It is located southeast of Cape Unslicht on the Laptev Sea shore of the island, east of Mikoyan Bay.[2]

The fjord extends in a roughly northeast/southwest direction for about 56 km. The basin inside the fjord has smooth mountains on both sides. Near the mouth Akhmatov Fjord is about 17 km wide, and the inner fjord becomes narrower, averaging 5 km in width. Lishny Island[4] and Yuzhny Island —among other smaller islands, lie on the eastern side of the area near the mouth of the fjord that forms a wide bay.[1]

1975 map showing Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula

See also

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Zaliv Akhmatova". Mapcarta. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ХРОНИКА ЗАЛИВА АХМАТОВА
  4. "Ostrov Lishniy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 3 December 2016.


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