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'''Yakov Sannikov''' ({{fl.|1800}}) was a Russian ''[[promyshlennik]]'' and explorer of the [[New Siberian Islands]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140224000929/http://travellersa.ru/glavnaya/44-yakov-sannikov.html ЯКОВ САННИКОВ]</ref><ref name="GSE">{{cite book|title=Санников, Яков|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article099465.html|publisher=Great Soviet Encyclopedia}}</ref>

In 1800, Sannikov discovered and charted [[Stolbovoy Island]], and in 1805 [[Faddeyevsky Island]]. In 1809–1810, he took part in the expedition led by [[Matvei Gedenschtrom]]. In 1810, Sannikov crossed the island of [[New Siberia]] and a year later explored Faddeyevsky Island. He also discovered [[Bunge Land]], and suggested that there was a vast land north of the [[Kotelny Island]]. This hypothetical island has become known as [[Sannikov Land]].<ref name="GSE"/>

A [[Sannikov Strait|strait]] between [[Maly Lyakhovsky]] and the Kotelny islands bears Sannikov's name.<ref name="GSE"/>

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