Kigilyakh Peninsula

Kigilyakh Peninsula (Russian: Полуостров Кигилях) is a peninsula in the New Siberian Islands, Sakha Republic, Russia.

Kigilyakh Peninsula

Полуостров Кигилях
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Landsat image with the Kigilyakh Peninsula extending southwestwards on the left.
Kigilyakh Peninsula
Geography
Location	Bolshoy Lyakhovsky, New Siberian Islands
Coordinates	73°24′N 140°7′E
Adjacent bodies of water	Arctic Ocean East Siberian Sea
Length	25 km (15.5 mi)
Width	10 km (6 mi)
Highest elevation	164 m (538 ft)
Highest point	Gora Sannikov-Taga
Administration
Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic

History

This geographic feature was named after the Kigilyakh stone pillars.[1] In Soviet times on the Kigilyakh Peninsula, Vladimir Voronin, then in charge of the Polar station on the island, was shown a large standing rock which had been heavily eroded and which gave name to the peninsula.[2]

Geography

The Kigilyakh Peninsula is located in Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island on the Laptev Sea. The peninsula is conspicuous from the air, projecting southwestwards from the western end with its isthmus in the east. Cape Vagin in the NW and Cape Kigilyakh in the SW shore of the peninsula are the westernmost points of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky. The Malakatyn River and the Gora Malakatyn-Chokur hill are some of the other geographic features of the peninsula.[3]

There is a scientific research base near Cape Kigilyakh.[4][5]

View of the Kigilyakh Peninsula.

Section of the frozen Malakatyn river from the air.

See also

• Kigilyakh

References

1. "Большой Ляховский". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg. 1890–1907.
2. Soviets gather geographic data in Arctic - CIA
3. "Poluostrov Kigilyakh". Mapcarta. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
4. "Kigilyakh". Mapcarta. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
5. Kigilyakhi of the New Siberian Islands