First Russian Antarctic Expedition

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The First Russian Antarctic Expedition was an early 19th-century Russian naval voyage that explored the Southern Ocean and is often credited with one of the first sightings of the Antarctic continent.

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instanceOf Antarctic expedition
Russian naval expedition
commander Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Mikhail Lazarev
country Russian Empire
departureCountry Russian Empire
departureDate 1819-07-04
departurePort Kronstadt
deputyCommander Mikhail Lazarev
endTime 1821
exploredRegion Antarctic waters
Bellingshausen Sea region
linked to: Amundsen Sea

South Shetland Islands vicinity
Southern Ocean
flag naval ensign of the Russian Empire
hasParticipant Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Mikhail Lazarev
historicalSignificance among the first expeditions to approach the Antarctic mainland
includedDiscipline cartography
hydrography
meteorology
languageOfRecord Russian
leader Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
namedAfter Bellingshausen Sea
linked to: Amundsen Sea
notableFor early circumnavigation of Antarctica
one of the first sightings of the Antarctic continent
operator Imperial Russian Navy
orderedBy Tsar Alexander I of Russia
purpose expansion of Russian naval knowledge
geographical exploration
scientific observation
relatedEvent Age of Antarctic exploration
relatedExpedition British Antarctic expeditions of the early 19th century
result collection of scientific observations
improved maps of high southern latitudes
returnDate 1821-08-05
route Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean circumnavigation
shipUsed Mirny (support vessel)
Vostok (sloop-of-war)
linked to: Vostok (ship)
sighted Antarctic ice shelf near Princess Martha Coast
linked to: Ekström Ice Shelf

coastal ice formations of Antarctica
sightingDate 1820-01-27
sponsoredBy Russian Imperial government
linked to: Tsarist government
startTime 1819
timePeriod early 19th century

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen participatedIn First Russian Antarctic Expedition
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen notableWork Russian Antarctic expedition (1819–1821)
subject linked to: Fabian
linked to: First Russian Antarctic Expedition
Vostok (ship) participatedIn First Russian Antarctic Expedition
Mount Asphyxia discoveredBy Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
linked to: First Russian Antarctic Expedition