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The name of the island translates from the Nenets as "alluvial shore", or by another account Vaygach means ‘terrible death’ or ‘territory of death’ in the local language. [5] Until the 19th century, the island was an important shrine of the Nenets people. On the island of Vaygach since ancient times, two idols were worshiped.
The TSR staff produced five Trail Map releases, each one published in 1989 as a very large color map (nearly 3' x 5') in an outer folder. [1]: 114, 147 TM1 The Western Countries Trail Map detailed the travel routes found in the Western countries of the world of the Dungeons & Dragons series of Gazetteers, while TM2 The Eastern Countries Trail Map details the travel routes found in the Eastern ...
Oleniy Island, (Остров Олений, Ostrov Oleniy), about 1,197 km 2 (462 sq mi) Zapovednik Islands (Острова Заповедник), about 4,921 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) Dikson - Sibiryakov Islands, (Диксон-Сибиряковский острова), about 871 km 2 (336 sq mi)
Icebreaker Vaygach (Russian: Вайгач) was an icebreaking steamer of moderate size built for the Russian Imperial Navy at Saint Petersburg in 1909. She was named after Vaygach Island in the Russian Arctic. Vaygach and her sister ship Taymyr were built for the purpose of thoroughly exploring the uncharted areas of the Northern Sea Route.
Island of Jakandor Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Wizards of the Coast: 1997-1998 The setting was released in the form of three books, as part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Odyssey line. Uresia: anime fantasy Planet of Uresia Systemless, Big Eyes, Small Mouth: Guardians of Order: 2003-2012 Written by S. John Ross. Multiverse (Magic: The ...
A map showing the location of the Kara Strait. 70°30′N 58°0′E / 70.500°N 58.000°E / 70.500; The Kara Strait or Kara Gates ( Russian : Карские Ворота , romanized : Karskiye Vorota ) is a 56 km (35 mi) wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island .
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 Yugorsky Strait and, beyond it, Vaygach Island lie at the northwestern end of this peninsula. The Pay-Khoy Ridge occupies the peninsula and extends from northwest to southeast. In the southeastern end of the Yugorsky Peninsula lies the Kara meteorite crater , while the Ust-Kara site lies offshore, 15 km east of the small Kara or Karskaya ...