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 NERFINISHED
Mikhail Lazarev NERFINISHED
country Russian Empire
departureCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
departureDate 1819-07-04
departurePort Kronstadt NERFINISHED
deputyCommander Mikhail Lazarev NERFINISHED
endTime 1821
exploredRegion Antarctic waters
Bellingshausen Sea region NERFINISHED
South Shetland Islands vicinity
Southern Ocean NERFINISHED
flag naval ensign of the Russian Empire
hasParticipant Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen NERFINISHED
Mikhail Lazarev NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance among the first expeditions to approach the Antarctic mainland
includedDiscipline cartography
hydrography
meteorology
languageOfRecord Russian
leader Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bellingshausen Sea NERFINISHED
notableFor early circumnavigation of Antarctica
one of the first sightings of the Antarctic continent
operator Imperial Russian Navy NERFINISHED
orderedBy Tsar Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
Southern Ocean circumnavigation
shipUsed Mirny (support vessel) NERFINISHED
Vostok (sloop-of-war) NERFINISHED
sighted Antarctic ice shelf near Princess Martha Coast NERFINISHED
coastal ice formations of Antarctica
sightingDate 1820-01-27
sponsoredBy Russian Imperial government NERFINISHED
startTime 1819
timePeriod early 19th century

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen participatedIn First Russian Antarctic Expedition