Wikidata facts
- Image
- Novaya Zemlya testing map.png
Show 3 more facts
- vertical depth
- 12
- Commons category
- Matochkin Strait
- native label
- Ма́точкин Шар
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Article
Map of the Novaya Zemlya with Matochkin Strait
Matochkin Strait or Matochkin Shar (Russian: Ма́точкин Шар) is a narrow waterway separating Severny and Yuzhny Island on Russia's Novaya Zemlya archipelago. It links the Barents Sea on the west to the Kara Sea on the east in the Arctic Circle. It is under ice cover for most of the year and is navigable only for a short time. It is located in a region of strategic importance, and the surrounding region was a major nuclear test site during the Cold War.
On the map
Connections
Russian
Entity
Cold War
Entity
geographic coordinate system
Entity
Mollusca
Entity
strait
Entity
Barents Sea
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity
Gastropoda
Entity
Kara Sea
Entity
Novaya Zemlya
Entity
Arctic Circle
Entity
Dutch
Entity
Willem Barents
Entity
Tsar Bomba
Entity
nuclear weapons testing
Entity
Severny Island
Entity
Yuzhny Island
Entity
Pomors
Entity
benthic zone
Entity
sound
Entity