Faddeyevsky Peninsula

Faddeyevsky Peninsula
Остров Фаддеевский
Location of the Faddeyevsky Peninsula in the Anzhu subgroup.
Faddeyevsky Peninsula is located in Sakha Republic
Faddeyevsky Peninsula
Faddeyevsky Peninsula
Geography
LocationNew Siberian Islands
Coordinates75°27′N 143°51′E / 75.450°N 143.850°E / 75.450; 143.850
Adjacent to
Area5,300 km2 (2,000 sq mi)
Length85 km (52.8 mi)
Width60 km (37 mi)
Highest elevation65 m (213 ft)
Administration
Russia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Faddeyevsky, also known as Faddeyevsky Island (Russian: остров Фаддеевский), is a large peninsula in the New Siberian Islands, Sakha Republic, Russia.

This geographic feature was named after a fur trader called Faddeyev who built the first settlement there.[1]

  1. ^ "Faddeyevsky Peninsula". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes) (in Russian). St. Petersburg: F. A. Brockhaus. 1890–1907.