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The
Laptev Sea (
Russian:
мо́ре Ла́птевых) is a
marginal sea of the
Arctic Ocean. It is located between the eastern coast of
Siberia,
Taimyr Peninsula, the
Severnaya Zemlya and the
New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the
Arctic Cape to point with coordinates 79°N and 139°E and closes at the
Anisiy Cape. The
Kara Sea lies to the west, the
East Siberian Sea to the east. The sea area is approximately 672,000 km². It is navigable during August and September.
The Laptev Sea is named after Russian
explorers
Dmitry Laptev and
Khariton Laptev. Formerly the Laptev Sea had been known as
Nordenskjold Sea (Russian: More Nordenshel'd), after explorer
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.
The
Lena River, with its great delta, is a major
tributary of the Laptev Sea.
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