Taymyr – the northernmost Asian Peninsula located between Yenisei Bay of the Kara Sea and Khatanga Bay of the Laptev Sea in Taymyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous Area, Russia. The northernmost point of T. is Cape Chelyuskin. The length is around 1,000 km, and the width is over 500 km. The area is approximately 400,000 km2. The coastline is rugged. By surface pattern T. is divided into three parts: (1) the North Siberian Lowland having gently rolling and ridgy topography, with Lake Byrranga in the northern part; (2) Byrranga Mountains up to 1,146 m high from the Pyasina River to the Laptev Sea coast with contemporary glaciers in the eastern part (area 30.3 km2); and (3) coastal plain along the Kara Sea coast. The topography is a hilly lowland. The large rivers are the Pyasina, the Upper and the Lower Taymyra, and the Khatanga. Permafrost is widespread. The flora is represented by tundra, with light forest in the south. The first reports on Taymyr go back to the beginning of the...
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(2016). Taymyr. In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_517
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