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==History==
==History==
Vilkitsky Island was discovered in 1913 during the Imperial Russian [[Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition]] led by Boris Vilkitsky on the ships ''[[Icebreaker Taymyr|Taymyr]]'' and ''[[Icebreaker Vaygach|Vaygach]]'' on behalf of the [[Russian Hydrographic Service]] in order to chart the last blank areas of Russian maps.<ref name=Starokadomski1>Starokadomski, L.M. and O.M. Cattley, 1919, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1779414 Vilkitski's North-East Passage, 1914-15.] The Geographical Journal. vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 367-375.</ref>
Vilkitsky Island was discovered in 1913 during the Imperial Russian [[Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition]] led by Boris Vilkitsky on the ships ''[[Icebreaker Taymyr|Taymyr]]'' and ''[[Icebreaker Vaygach|Vaygach]]'' on behalf of the [[Russian Hydrographic Service]] in order to chart the last blank areas of Russian maps.<ref name=Starokadomski1>Starokadomski, L.M. and O.M. Cattley, 1919, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1779414 Vilkitski's North-East Passage, 1914-15.] The Geographical Journal. vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 367–375.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External Web Pages==
==External links==
*Anisimov, M.A., and V.E. Tumskoy, 2002, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/new-siberian Environmental History of the Novosibirskie Islands for the last 12 ka.] 32nd International Arctic Workshop, Program and Abstracts 2002. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, pp 23–25.
*Anisimov, M.A., and V.E. Tumskoy, 2002, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/new-siberian Environmental History of the Novosibirskie Islands for the last 12 ka.] 32nd International Arctic Workshop, Program and Abstracts 2002. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, pp 23–25.
*Schirrmeister, L., H.-W. Hubberten, V. Rachold, and V.G. Grosse, 2005, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202022/http://epic.awi.de/epic/Main?puid=26457 ''Lost world - Late Quaternary environment of periglacial Arctic shelves and coastal lowlands in NE-Siberia.''] 2nd International Alfred Wegener Symposium Bremerhaven, October, 30 - November 2, 2005.
*Schirrmeister, L., H.-W. Hubberten, V. Rachold, and V.G. Grosse, 2005, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202022/http://epic.awi.de/epic/Main?puid=26457 ''Lost world - Late Quaternary environment of periglacial Arctic shelves and coastal lowlands in NE-Siberia.''] 2nd International Alfred Wegener Symposium Bremerhaven, October, 30 - November 2, 2005.

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Vilkitsky Island
Map
Geography
StandortEast Siberian Sea
Coordinates75°42′N 152°30′E / 75.700°N 152.500°E / 75.700; 152.500
ArchipelagoDe Long Islands
Administration
Russland
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Vilkitsky Island (Russian: Oстров Вильки́цкого; Ostrov Vilkitskogo) is the southernmost island of the De Long group in the northern part of the East Siberian Sea. Administratively Vilkitsky Island belongs to the Sakha Republic administrative division of the Russian Federation.[1]

The island is named after Russian hydrographer Boris Vilkitsky.

Geography

The island is outside of the limits of permanent ice and is unglaciated. At barely 1.5 square kilometres (0.6 square miles) Vilkitsky is the smallest island of the group. The highest elevation is 70 metres (230 feet) above sea level.[2]

Vilkitsky Island consists of deeply eroded nepheline basalt lava flows[3]

History

Vilkitsky Island was discovered in 1913 during the Imperial Russian Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky on the ships Taymyr and Vaygach on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service in order to chart the last blank areas of Russian maps.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya) Land Feature Database Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Headland, R. K. (1994): OSTROVA DE-LONGA ('De Long Islands')
  3. ^ Fujita, K., and D.B. Cook, 1990, The Arctic continental margin of eastern Siberia, in A. Grantz, L. Johnson, and J. F. Sweeney, eds., pp. 289-304, The Arctic Ocean Region. Geology of North America, vol L, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado.
  4. ^ Starokadomski, L.M. and O.M. Cattley, 1919, Vilkitski's North-East Passage, 1914-15. The Geographical Journal. vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 367–375.