Taymyr Peninsula

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The Taymyr Peninsula is a vast, remote Arctic landmass in northern Siberia, Russia, known as the northernmost part of the Eurasian mainland and characterized by tundra landscapes and extreme polar climate.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Taymyr Peninsula canonical 32
Taimyr Peninsula 12
Taymyr Peninsula region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
peninsula
characterizedBy extreme cold temperatures
long polar nights
permafrost
short cool summers
contains Byrranga Mountains
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve
Putorana Plateau (southern part adjacent region)
Taymyr Nature Reserve
country Russia
hasClimate Arctic climate
polar climate
hasCoastlineOn Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
hasFauna Arctic fox
muskox
polar bear
seals
walrus
wild reindeer
hasFlora dwarf shrubs
lichens
mosses
hasHighestPoint Byrranga Mountains
hasIndigenousPeople Dolgans
linked to: Dolgan

Nenets
Nganasan
hasLake Lake Taymyr
hasLandscapeType tundra
hasRiver Lower Taymyra River
Upper Taymyra River
isRemote true
isSparselyPopulated true
knownFor being the northernmost part of the Eurasian mainland
locatedBetween Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
locatedIn Arctic region
Asian Russia
linked to: North Asia

Russian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

Siberia
locatedOn Eurasian continent
linked to: Eurasia
northernmostPointOf Eurasian mainland
partOf Krasnoyarsk Krai
strategicImportance Arctic shipping and resource exploration
timeZone Krasnoyarsk Time
usedFor fishing
hunting
reindeer herding

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laptev Sea boundedBy Taymyr Peninsula
Kara Sea borderedBy Taymyr Peninsula
Nganasan traditionalRegion Taymyr Peninsula
Enets indigenousTo Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Severnaya Zemlya locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
subject linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Nordenskiöld Archipelago locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
Vilkitsky Strait separates Taymyr Peninsula
Vilkitsky Strait near Taymyr Peninsula
Samoyedic languages geographicDistribution Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Nganasan language spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Krasnoyarsk Krai contains Taimyr Peninsula
subject linked to: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Taimyr River basin locatedIn Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Izvestiy TSIK Islands locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
Dolgan spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Dudinka locatedOn Taymyr Peninsula
Dikson locatedOn Taymyr Peninsula
Enets language spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Branta ruficollis breedingRange Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Dolgan language spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Dolgan people primaryRegion Taymyr Peninsula
Yakutic languages spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Taymyr Nature Reserve locatedOn Taymyr Peninsula
Lower Taymyra River locatedIn Taymyr Peninsula
Lake Taymyr locatedIn Taymyr Peninsula
Upper Taymyra River locatedIn Taymyr Peninsula
Upper Taymyra River flowsThrough Taymyr Peninsula
Upper Taymyra River peninsula Taymyr Peninsula
Byrranga Mountains locatedIn Taymyr Peninsula
Samoyedic peoples traditionalRegion Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Tavgi language traditionalRegion Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Nganasan people traditionalTerritory Taymyr Peninsula
Taimyr River locatedIn Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Taimyr River flowsAcross Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Nikolay Urvantsev workLocation Taymyr Peninsula
Taimyr Orogen locatedIn Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Taimyr Orogen extendsAcross central Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Khatanga Gulf locatedOnCoastOf Taymyr Peninsula
Khariton Laptev explored Taymyr Peninsula region
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Norilsk Railway regionServed Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Karaul locatedIn Taymyr Peninsula
Swedish Vega Expedition navigatedAlongCoastOf Taimyr Peninsula
linked to: Taymyr Peninsula
Agapa River locatedOn Taymyr Peninsula