Yamal Peninsula
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The Yamal Peninsula is a large landmass in northwest Siberia that extends into the Arctic Ocean. It is significant because it contains vast reserves of natural gas and oil that are important to global energy supplies.
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The Yamal Peninsula (Russian: полуостров Ямал, romanized: poluostrov Yamal) is located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of northwest Siberia, Russia. It extends roughly 700 km (435 mi) and is bordered principally by the Kara Sea and its Baydaratskaya Bay on the west, and by the Gulf of Ob on the east. At the northern end of this peninsula lie the Malygina Strait and, beyond it, Bely Island. Across Ob estuary lies the Gyda Peninsula. In the languages of the Yamal Peninsula's indigenous inhabitants, the Nenets, Yamal means "End of the Land".