Makar Island
Makar Island (Остров Макар) is an island in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation. It is part of the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.[1]
There is a Russian Polar station on the island. In 1985 bison bones from the Pleistocene were collected by Yu. A. Yarlykov on Makar Island.[2]
Geography
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The Yana Bay area is subject to severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and blizzards. The sea in the bay is frozen with thick ice for about eight months every year.[4][1]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b Google Earth
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External links
- Geographical data
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- Pictures of Makar Island
- Pictures of the Makar Island Polar Station
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