Offshore water bodies Kara Sea | Area Russian Far North | |
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Location Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | ||
Cape Sterligov (Russian: Мыс Стерлигова) is a headland in the Kara Sea, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation.
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Geography
Cape Sterligov is located on the western shore of the Taymyr Peninsula, at the northern end of Toll Bay. Lishny Island (76°57′N 100°27′E) lies to the WNW of Cape Sterligov, about 16 km from its shores. The cape is in an area of tundra and the weather is extremely cold, with prolonged icy winters. The sea off the cape is covered in ice most of the year.
History
In 1921 Nikifor Begichev led a Soviet expedition in search for Roald Amundsen's 1919 Arctic expedition's crew members Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen on request of the government of Norway. Checking the remains of campfires, Begichev was able to establish that Amundsen's men had passed Cape Vilda, more than halfway down their journey, and that at that point all was well. On August 2, 1919, 90 km west of Cape Vilda, the abandoned Norwegian sledge was found by Captain Jakobsen, a Norwegian who went with Begichev, indicating that something had gone wrong with his two ill-fated compatriots. Later during the search other materials were found near Cape Sterligov.
On 24 September 1995 a Norilsk Air Enterprise Mil Mi-2 helicopter crashed and sank through the ice while attempting to land at Cape Sterligov.