Long Strait

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| native_name={{native name|ru|пролив Лонга}}

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| caption = A view from space, with a long polynya in the strait and Wrangel Island to the north-east

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| location = Russian Far East; between the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea

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The Long Strait ({{langx|ru|пролив Лонга}}; Proliv Longa) is a body of water in the Russian Federation.

History

This strait was named after the American whaling captain Thomas W. Long.[https://global.britannica.com/place/Wrangel-Island Britannica]William J. Mills: [https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA720 Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, vol. 1] Google Books

In August 1983, it was the site of a disaster when 50 ships were trapped in ice, with the loss of one and damage to as many as 30 others.

Geography

This strait separates Wrangel Island from the Siberian mainland.[http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic21-1-27.pdf Currents in Long Strait, Arctic Ocean] It is very broad, its minimum width being 141 km, between Cape Blossom at the southwestern tip of Wrangel Island and Cape Yakan, 65 km east of Cape Billings, close to Gytkhelen, Chukotka.GoogleEarth

The Long Strait is also a geographic landmark connecting the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea.

References

External links

[http://www.zin.ru/projects/arccoml/rus/geonames.htm Geographical names]

Category:Straits of Russia

Category:Bodies of water of the Chukchi Sea

Category:Straits of the East Siberian Sea

Category:Bodies of water of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug