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Fyodor Alekseyevich Minin (Минин, Федор Алексеевич in Russian) ( circa 1709 - unknown), Russian Arctic explorer.In 1730s, Minin participated in the Second Kamchatka expedition . In 1736, he joined the unit led by Dmitry Ovtsyn. In 1738, he was in charge of a group of explorers, that would chart the Arctic Ocean coastline east of the Yenisei river. In 1738- 1740, Minin made an attempt to go around the Taimyr Peninsula from the north and reached 75°15'N. Together with Dmitry Sterlegov , he mapped this part of the Arctic Ocean coastline.
A capeA cape is a coastal landform extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake. A cape is usually more than just a headland and peninsula, having considerable effects on the directions of ocean currents around them. The most important capes : Cap at the Mammoth Peninsula , a peninsula, skerriesSkerries may refer to a number of geographical locations: In Ireland: : Skerries, Dublin, a town in north County Dublin In Scotland: :The Out Skerries islands :The Ve Skerries islands., a gulfA gulf or bay is a part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides. See Headlands and bays for more on this. Gulf is also a novella by Robert A., and a mountainThis article is about the landform. For other meanings, see Mountain (disambiguation). Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and ste on the shores of the Taimyr Peninsula bear Minin's name.
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