Yugorsky Strait

Location of the Yugorsky Peninsula. The Yugorsky Strait is on its northwestern end.

The Yugorsky Strait or Yugor Strait[1] (‹See Tfd›Russian: Югорский Шар, or Yugorsky Shar) is a narrow sound between the Kara Sea and the Pechora Sea. Its maximum width is 10 km and its minimum width only 3 km. 69°45′N 60°30′E / 69.750°N 60.500°E / 69.750; 60.500

Ostrov Storozhevoy, an island 1.6 km in length, lies in the middle of the strait.

This sound separates Vaygach Island from the Yugorsky Peninsula on the Russian mainland.

The name is derived from Yugaria, an old name for the region to the south of Yugorsky Strait.[2]

  1. ^ Frank Rust (1883). "The Dutch Polar Expedition of 1882-3". Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York. 15: 375–380. doi:10.2307/196548. JSTOR 196548.
  2. ^ Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1881). The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe: with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old world. London: Macmillan and Co. p. 172. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.141412.