Sukhoy Nos
Сухой Нос
Cape
Sukhoy Nos is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Sukhoy Nos
Sukhoy Nos
Coordinates: 73°47′14″N 53°42′46″E / 73.787287°N 53.712845°E / 73.787287; 53.712845
LocationSeverny Island, Novaya Zemlya
Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Offshore water bodiesBarents Sea

Sukhoy Nos (Russian: Сухой Нос, literally 'Dry Nose'; there is another Sukhoy Nos on Vaygach Island south of Novaya Zemlya) is a cape on Severny Island, the northern island of the archipelago Novaya Zemlya, projecting westward into the Barents Sea. The site lies near the southwestern corner of the island, 15 km (9.3 mi) from Mityushikha Bay, north of Matochkin Strait, which separates Severny from Yuzhny Island, the southern island of the archipelago.[1]

The cape is composed of black and reddish shale. Underwater sandbars are located off its northern shore. In the 19th century, numerous birds nested on the steep cliffs, particularly loons.[2]

History

Sukhoy Nos was a site of nuclear testing for the former USSR, being the third and the northernmost detonating site of three on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (designated "Zone C"). It was used between 1958 and 1961 and in October 1961 was the site of the record-breaking 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, known as Tsar Bomba.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Mys Sukhoy Nos". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Сухой Нос" in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона – С.-Пб.: Брокгауз-Ефрон. 1890–1907) (in Russian)
  3. ^ Khalturin, Vitaly I.; Rautian, Tatyana G.; Richards, Paul G.; Leith, William S. (2005). "A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955–1990" (PDF). Science and Global Security. 13 (1): 1–42. Bibcode:2005S&GS...13....1K. doi:10.1080/08929880590961862. S2CID 122069080. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
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