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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Taymyr Peninsula canonical 15
Taimyr Peninsula 4

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 Dolgan
surface form: Dolgans

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
North Asia
surface form: Asian Russia

Arctic region
surface form: Russian Arctic

Siberia
locatedOn Eurasia
surface form: Eurasian continent
northernmostPointOf Eurasian mainland
partOf Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai
strategicImportance Arctic shipping and resource exploration
timeZone Krasnoyarsk Time (standard)
surface form: 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 Taymyr Peninsula
this entity surface form: Taimyr Peninsula
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
subject surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Nordenskiöld Archipelago locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
Vilkitsky Strait separates Taymyr Peninsula
Vilkitsky Strait near Taymyr Peninsula
Samoyedic languages geographicDistribution Taymyr Peninsula
this entity surface form: Taimyr Peninsula
Nganasan language spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia contains Taymyr Peninsula
subject surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai
this entity surface form: Taimyr Peninsula
Taimyr River basin locatedIn Taymyr Peninsula
this entity surface form: Taimyr Peninsula
Izvestiy TSIK Islands locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
Dolgan spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula
Dudinka locatedOn Taymyr Peninsula
Dikson locatedOn Taymyr Peninsula
Enets language spokenIn Taymyr Peninsula