East Siberian Sea

federal subject of Russia, republic of Russia

federal subject of Russia

sea in the Arctic Ocean

Pevek (; Chukchi: , Pèèkin / Pèèk) is an Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (part of the East Siberian Sea) on a peninsula on the eastern side of the bay facing the Routan Islands, above the Arctic Circle, about northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: Pevek is a modern settlement established after World War I to provide a port for the export of minerals as part of the expanding Northern Sea Route. During the 1940s and 1950s, the area surrounding Pevek was

Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)

shipping lane from the Kara Sea to the Pacific Ocean

Russian explorer

municipal district in Russia

shipping route running along the Russian Arctic coast

Soviet naval explorer (1890–1952)

German explorer (1830–1896)

Russian explorer

Russian explorer and navy officer (1884–1914)

Russian explorer (1799–1872)

Headland on Wrangel Island, Russia

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