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Solnechny Bay
Бухта Солнечная (Russian)
View of the shore of Solnechny Bay with the abandoned polar station buildings
Solnechny Bay is located in Krasnoyarsk KraiSolnechny BaySolnechny BayLocation in Krasnoyarsk Krai
LocationSevernaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates78°11′N 103°7′E / 78.183°N 103.117°E / 78.183; 103.117
Ocean/sea sourcesVilkitsky Strait
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length3 km (1.9 mi)
Max. width6.5 km (4.0 mi)

Solnechny Bay (Russian: Бухта Солнечная, Bukhta Solnechnaya), is a bay in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

History

There is an abandoned polar station on the eastern side of Solnechny Bay, near Cape Antsev, as well as an astronomic observatory 4 km to the west.

Geography

Solnechny Bay is a bay in the southern shore of Bolshevik Island, the southernmost island of Severnaya Zemlya. It is located on the Vilkitsky Strait coast of the island. The headland on the western side of the mouth of the bay is Cape Maysky and the eastern Cape Antsev.

The bay opens towards the south and is about 7 km wide. The Vkhodnoy Islands, a group of two islets facing the bay lie 4 km off the shore.

View of Cape Antsev, the easternmost point of the bay.
NASA image of Bolshevik Island

See also

References

  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. "Bukhta Solnechnaya". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Polyarnaya Stantsiya Solnechnaya". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

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