TAYMYR PENINSULA

or Taimyr Peninsulaboth: tīmĭrˈ, northernmost projection of Siberia, N central Siberian Russia, between the estuaries of the Yenisei and Khatanga rivers and extending into the Arctic Ocean. Cape Chelyuskin at the tip of the peninsula is the northernmost point of the Asian mainland. The peninsula, covered mostly with tundra and drained by the Taymyra River, forms most of the Taymyr Autonomous Region (1992 pop. 53,000), 332,857 sq mi (862,100 sq km). The region also includes the islands between the Yenisei and Khatanga gulfs, the northern parts of the Central Siberian Plateau, and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. The capital is Dudinka. Taymyr's economy depends on mining, fishing, and dairy and fur farming as well as such traditional activities as reindeer raising and trapping.

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books on: Taymyr Peninsula  - 17 results

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Studies in Siberian Ethnogenesis
Book by H. N. Michael; University of Toronto Press, 1962
Subjects: Ethnology--Russia (Federation)--Siberia
...part, of the Tidiris. The rivers Taymyr and Logata within the territory...represent the central region of the Taymyr peninsula, the best for hunting wild deer...area between the Pyasina and the Taymyr, which is comparatively poorer...
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union
Book by Michael T. Florinsky; McGraw-Hill, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Encyclopedias
...GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES, PLANT LIFE. TAYMYR DOLGANO-NENETS NATIONAL OKRUG...is largely coextensive with the Taymyr Peninsula washed by the Kara and Laptev seas...Northern Sea Route runs along the Taymyr Peninsula coastal line, with Dickson...
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Geography of the Northlands
Book by George H. T. Kimble, Dorothy Good; American Geographical Society and J. Wiley, 1955
Subjects: Arctic Regions
...Yamal, Gydan, and Taymyr peninsulas are bordered with islands...Pyasina River. At 96 E is Taymyr Island, and at 107 to 108 E, Little Taymyr Island. And there is the...Land , divided from the Taymyr Peninsula at Cape Chelyuskin by a...
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An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires
Book by James S. Olson, Lee Brigance Pappas, Nicholas C. J. Pappas; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Ethnology--Russia--Dictionaries, Ethnology--Soviet Union--Dictionaries, Russia--Ethnic Relations--Dictionaries, Soviet Union--Ethnic Relations--Dictionaries
...scattered throughout the enormous Taymyr Autonomous Oblast of northwestern...live in the western reaches of the Taymyr Peninsula, while the Vadeev * are located...peninsula, between the Kheta River, Taymyr Lake, and Khatanga Bay. The northern...
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Everyman's Concise Encyclopaedia of Russia
Book by S. V. Utechin; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Dictionaries And Encyclopedias
...vol. viii, No. 5, 9 59). Taymyr, peninsula in northern Siberia between the...the northernmost point in Asia. Taymyr National Okrug, in the Krasnoyarsk...northern Siberia , comprises the Taymyr peninsula and the adjacent mainland...
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The Next Geographical Pivot: the Russian Arctic in the Twenty-first Century
Journal article by Caitlyn L. Antrim; Naval War College Review, Vol. 63, 2010
Subjects: Agricultural production, Competition, Design specifications, Environmental regulations, Geopolitics
...from its border with Norway on the Kola Peninsula eastward to the Bering Strait. Along...Northern Fleet has been based on the Kola Peninsula, on the southwest shore of the Barents...basing of the Northern Fleet on the Kola Peninsula and examined the role of the newly formed...


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magazine articles on: Taymyr Peninsula  - 7 results

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Navigating Frozen Seas: the Search for the Elusive Northwest Passage
Magazine article by Jim Bloom; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, November 2009
...established a station on the Kola Peninsula. Traveling overland, Brunei...east to the Yenisey River, the Taymyr Peninsula, the Lena River, and the Anadyr...overwinter at Felix Harbour on Boothia Peninsula, where they collected meteorological...
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Make New Friends around the Globe
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 86, November 2001
Subjects: Ecotourism--Services, Package tours--Directories
...02560A Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia. July 15-29. Almost...Mountains near Dublin, and the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry in County Kerry...grassroots conservation work on the Osa Peninsula. Comfortable accommodations and...
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SIERRA CLUB OUTINGS 2002 International and Domestic Winter Trips
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 86, September 2001
Subjects: Ecotourism--Services, Sierra Club--Services
...02560A Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia. July 15-29. Once...Mountains near Dublin, and the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry in County Kerry...grassroots conservation work on the Osa Peninsula. Comfortable accommodations and...
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Discover the Magic of Worldwide Travel
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 87, May-June 2002
Subjects: Sierra Club--Services, Travel--Services
...02560A Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia. July 15-29. Almost...Mountains near Dublin, and the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry in County Kerry...and conservation work on the Osa Peninsula. Comfortable accommodations and...
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Experience Wonder and Joy by Exploring New Cultures
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 87, January 2002
...02560A Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia. July 15-29. Almost...Mountains near Dublin, and the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry in County Kerry...grassroots conservation work on the Osa Peninsula. Comfortable accommodations and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Taymyr Peninsula  - 9 results

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Taymyr Peninsula
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TAYMYR PENINSULA or Taimyr Peninsula both: timir , northernmost projection of Siberia, N Krasnoyarsk...tundra and drained by the Taymyra River, was formerly most of the Taymyr Autonomous Area, 332,857 sq mi (862,100 sq km); the region...
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Taimyr Peninsula
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TAIMYR PENINSULA see Taymyr Peninsula , Russia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Taymyra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...c.400 mi (640 km) long, rising in the center of the Taymyr Peninsula, N Siberian Russia. It flows NE through Lake Taymyr (c.2,700 sq mi/6,990 sq km) and into the Taymyr Gulf of the Kara Sea. Taymyr Island is near its mouth...
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Krasnoyarsk Territory
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...southwest). The former Evenki Autonomous Area (in the E central section) and the former Taymyr Autonomous Area (N of the Arctic Circle; see under Taymyr Peninsula ) were merged with Krasnoyarsk Territory in Jan., 2007. The Yenisei and its tributaries...
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Dudinka
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...winter outpost on the Yenisei, Dudinka became a city in 1951. It was the capital of the Taymyr Autonomous Area (1930 2007; see under Taymyr Peninsula ). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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