Cape Sterligov

Cape Sterligov (Russian: Мыс Стерлигова) is a headland in the Kara Sea, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation.

Cape Sterligov
Мыс Стерлигова
Map showing the location of Cape Sterligov
Location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
LocationKrasnoyarsk Krai,  Russia
Coordinates76°50′N 100°56′E
Offshore water bodiesKara Sea
AreaRussian Far North

Geography

Cape Sterligov is located on the western shore of the Taymyr Peninsula, at the northern end of Toll Bay.[1] Lishny Island (76°57′N 100°27′E) lies to the west-northwest of Cape Sterligov, about 16 km from its shores.[2] The cape is in an area of tundra and the weather is extremely cold, with prolonged icy winters.[3] The sea off the cape is covered in ice most of the year.[4]

Etymology

The cape is named after Dmitry Vasilevich Sterligov, a member of the Great Northern Expedition.

History

Sterligov was podshturman under Fyodor Minin, leader of the detachment charged with documenting the coast between the Yenisey and Taymyr rivers. Sterligov set out from Turukhansk in January 1740, arriving at the cape which was to bear his name on the 14th April 1740. There he built a beacon and left a note to record his journey. [5]

In 1921 Nikifor Begichev led a Soviet expedition in search for Roald Amundsen's 1919 Arctic expedition's crew members Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen on request of the government of Norway. Checking the remains of campfires, Begichev was able to establish that Amundsen's men had passed Cape Vilda, more than halfway down their journey, and that at that point all was well. On August 2, 1919, 90 km west of Cape Vilda, the abandoned Norwegian sledge was found by Captain Jakobsen, a Norwegian who went with Begichev, indicating that something had gone wrong with his two ill-fated compatriots. Later during the search other materials were found near Cape Sterligov.[6]

In 1934 a meteorological station was put in operation at the cape within a network of 20 wireless stations in the Russian Arctic.[7] On the 24th or 25th September 1944 the station was attacked by an amphibious assault force from German submarine U-711 and occupied for a short while.[8]

On 24 September 1995 a Norilsk Air Enterprise Mil Mi-2 helicopter crashed and sank through the ice while attempting to land at Cape Sterligov.[9]

Climate
Climate data for Cape Sterligov
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −0.1
(31.8)		 −1.0
(30.2)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 3.6
(38.5)		 6.8
(44.2)		 19.6
(67.3)		 27.7
(81.9)		 25.0
(77.0)		 18.0
(64.4)		 8.3
(46.9)		 0.2
(32.4)		 0.2
(32.4)		 27.7
(81.9)
Mean maximum °C (°F) −9.5
(14.9)		 −10.4
(13.3)		 −7.0
(19.4)		 −5.6
(21.9)		 0.8
(33.4)		 8.4
(47.1)		 18.0
(64.4)		 15.1
(59.2)		 8.1
(46.6)		 0.3
(32.5)		 −4.8
(23.4)		 −8.2
(17.2)		 19.4
(66.9)
Average high °C (°F) −23.6
(−10.5)		 −24.6
(−12.3)		 −22.1
(−7.8)		 −15.7
(3.7)		 −6.3
(20.7)		 1.5
(34.7)		 6.5
(43.7)		 6.0
(42.8)		 1.5
(34.7)		 −7.8
(18.0)		 −17.2
(1.0)		 −22.5
(−8.5)		 −10.4
(13.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −27.3
(−17.1)		 −28.2
(−18.8)		 −26.1
(−15.0)		 −19.9
(−3.8)		 −9.3
(15.3)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 3.7
(38.7)		 3.6
(38.5)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −10.8
(12.6)		 −20.8
(−5.4)		 −26.0
(−14.8)		 −13.5
(7.7)
Average low °C (°F) −31.0
(−23.8)		 −31.8
(−25.2)		 −30.0
(−22.0)		 −24.0
(−11.2)		 −12.3
(9.9)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 0.8
(33.4)		 1.2
(34.2)		 −2.2
(28.0)		 −13.7
(7.3)		 −24.4
(−11.9)		 −29.5
(−21.1)		 −16.6
(2.2)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −41.7
(−43.1)		 −41.5
(−42.7)		 −41.8
(−43.2)		 −34.7
(−30.5)		 −23.2
(−9.8)		 −8.6
(16.5)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 −2.6
(27.3)		 −9.4
(15.1)		 −26.2
(−15.2)		 −34.3
(−29.7)		 −39.8
(−39.6)		 −44.7
(−48.5)
Record low °C (°F) −49.6
(−57.3)		 −48.2
(−54.8)		 −48.9
(−56.0)		 −45.7
(−50.3)		 −32.2
(−26.0)		 −22.2
(−8.0)		 −5.4
(22.3)		 −13
(9)		 −23.4
(−10.1)		 −39
(−38)		 −42.9
(−45.2)		 −49.3
(−56.7)		 −49.6
(−57.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 30.8
(1.21)		 18.1
(0.71)		 15.8
(0.62)		 13.7
(0.54)		 10.2
(0.40)		 15.9
(0.63)		 19.4
(0.76)		 24.2
(0.95)		 20.7
(0.81)		 20.0
(0.79)		 14.0
(0.55)		 18.3
(0.72)		 221.1
(8.69)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 6.5 4.8 5.2 4.3 3.2 4.3 5.2 6.3 7.0 6.4 4.6 5.5 63.3
Source 1: Météo climat stats[10]
Source 2: Météo Climat [11]

References
  1. "Мыс Стерлигова (Красноярский край, Сибирский федеральный округ, Россия/RU)". htmlweb.ru.
  2. GoogleEarth
  3. "Погода в Мысе Стерлигова - точный и подробный прогноз погоды в Мысе Стерлигова на сегодня, завтра и неделю. Мыс Стерлигова, Красноярский край, Россия". ru.meteotrend.com.
  4. Sea ice conditions observed from satellite remote-sensing data - 5.1 Ye.U. Mironov, I.Ye. Frolov, V.A. Spichkin, V.P. Karklin, I.D. Karelin, Y.A. Gorbunov, S.M. Losev, Western part of the Northern Sea Route.
  5. William Barr.′The Arctic Detachments of the Russian Great Northern Expedition (1733–43) and their largely Forgotten and even Clandestine Predecessors′ in The Journal of the Hakluyt Society, July 2018, p. 11, https://www.hakluyt.com/downloadable_files/Journal/Barr_GNE.pdf
  6. William Barr, The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919.
  7. Rudolf Samoylovich (1935). "Exploration of the polar part of U.S.S.R in 1934 and the Sedov expedition". Geografiska Annaler Vol.17. p. 663. doi:10.2307/519893.
  8. "War on Cape Sterlegov. Nazis' failed mission in Siberia". Tass. 30 September 2020.
  9. "ASN Aircraft accident 24-SEP-1995 Mil Mi-8T RA-24553". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  10. "Moyennes 1981-2010 Russie (Asie)" (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. "Météo Climat stats for Sterlegova". Météo Climat. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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