Cape October
{{Short description|Headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia}}
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| name = Cape October
| other_name = {{lang|ru|Мыс Октябрьский}}
| type = Cape
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| map_caption = Location of Cape October in Krasnoyarsk Krai
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| location = October Revolution Island,
Severnaya Zemlya,
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| water_bodies =Red Army Strait
| coordinates = {{coord|80|6|N|95|0|E|type:landmark_region:RU_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| area = Russian Far North
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Cape October ({{langx|ru|Мыс Октябрьский}}; Mys Oktyabr’skiy)[http://karta-russia.ru/map_taymyrskiy_diksonskiy_mys-oktyabrskiy/ МЫС ОКТЯБРЬСКИЙ • ДИКСОНСКИЙ РАЙОН • ТАЙМЫРСКИЙ АВТОНОМНЫЙ ОКРУГ] is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
History
The cape was named during the 1930–1932 expedition to the archipelago led by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev after the month of the 1917 Russian Revolution.{{Cite web |url=http://my.krskstate.ru/docs/relief/arkhipelag-severnaya-zemlya/ |title=Архипелаг Северная Земля — один из наиболее крупных районов оледенения на территории России |access-date=2016-12-28 |archive-date=2016-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124092700/http://my.krskstate.ru/docs/relief/arkhipelag-severnaya-zemlya/ |url-status=dead }}
Thelodonti fossils from the Upper Silurian have been found in the area of the headland,{{cite journal |last1=Karatajūtē-Talimaa |first1=Valentina |last2=Märss |first2=Tiiu |title=Upper Silurian thelodonts from Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago (Russia) |journal=Geodiversitas |date=2002 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=405–443 |id={{INIST|13724455}} |url=https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/24/2/thelodontes-du-silurien-superieur-de-l-archipel-de-severnaya-zemlya-russie }} as well as extinct marine mollusks of the Hiatellidae family.[http://www.evgengusev.narod.ru/eidvin/krylov-2014.pdf ЗНАЧЕНИЕ МОЛЛЮСКОВ РОДА CYRTODARIA ДЛЯ СТРАТИГРАФИИ КАЙНОЗОЙСКИХ ОТЛОЖЕНИЙ АРКТИКИ]
Geography
Cape October is located in a low-lying unglaciated area of the northern part of October Revolution Island north of the Albanov Glacier. It faces the Red Army Strait opposite the Academy of Sciences Glacier on Komsomolets Island shore.GoogleEarth Visoky Island lies about {{convert|18|km|abbr=on}} east and Bolshoy Izvestnikovky Island about {{convert|13|km|abbr=on}} to the southwest of the cape, near the confluence with the Yuny Strait.{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/15338220|title=Mys Oktyabr'skiy|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=28 December 2016}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.strf.ru/eng/material.aspx?CatalogId=221&d_no=117251#.WGG0GVN97IU Russian scientists have found a sharp decrease in the concentration of ozone over the Cape October Research Base] (in Russian)
- [http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a7.pdf Thélodontes du Silurien supérieur de l’Archipel de Severnaya Zemlya (Russie)]
- [http://www.evgengusev.narod.ru/geomorph/krylov-2014.html МОРСКИЕ МОЛЛЮСКИ АТЛАНТИЧЕСКОГО ПРОИСХОЖДЕНИЯ ИЗ ОТЛОЖЕНИЙ ПЛИОЦЕНА – ЭОПЛЕЙСТОЦЕНА ЗАПАДА РОССИЙСКОЙ АРКТИКИ И ИХ БИОСТРАТИГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ - Моллюски рода Isocrassina]
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