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10-594: (Redirected from Olenek ) Olenyok or Olenek may refer to: Olenyok (river) , a river in Russia Olenyok (rural locality) , a rural locality (a selo ) in the Sakha Republic, Russia Olenyok Airport , an airport in the same rural locality Olenyok Gulf , a gulf in the Laptev Sea See also [ edit ] Olenyoksky District Topics referred to by

20-634: A swampy area full of lakes, just a little north of the sources of the Udya and the Bur . It flows roughly northwestwards, meandering along its course. After the confluence of the Khaastaakh it flows roughly northwards, skirting a low ridge. Finally it joins the left bank of the Olenyok river only 6.9 km (4.3 mi) upstream of its mouth. The confluence is a little upstream from the village of Ust-Olenyok . The river

30-552: Is 21 kilometres (13 mi) long and 16 kilometres (10 mi) wide. This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buolkalakh The Buolkalakh ( Russian : Буолкалах ; Yakut : Буолкалах , Buolkalax ) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia . It

40-516: Is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 305 kilometres (190 mi) and a drainage basin area of 8,780 square kilometres (3,390 sq mi). It is a lowland river with its mouth very close to the Olenyok delta. It flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate tundra area devoid of settlements. The Buolkalakh is a left tributary of the Olenyok. It has its origin in

50-535: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Olenyok (river) The Olenyok is known for its abundance in fish. It is frozen for over eight months every year and the climate in its area is harsh because of the direct influence of the Arctic. In 1633 Ivan Rebrov reached the Olenyok from the Lena delta and built a fort. In 1642–44 Rebrov and Fedot Alekseyev Popov reached

60-670: The Chekanovsky Ridge before emptying into the Olenyok Gulf of the Laptev Sea . Its mouth is at Ust-Olenyok just west of the Lena River delta. Olenyok is a village located on the river bank. The major tributaries of the Olenyok are the Arga-Sala (with its tributaries Kengeede , Kukusunda and Kyuyonelekeen ), Bur , Ukukit , Birekte , Kuoika , Beyenchime and Buolkalakh on

70-816: The Olenekian Age of the Triassic Period of geological time was named for rock strata in the Olenyok area. The river's source is in Krasnoyarsk Krai , on the Vilyuy Plateau , part of the Central Siberian Plateau . The river flows east and then north descending into the North Siberian Lowland . In its lower course it bends northwestwards skirting the western slopes of the Kystyk Plateau and

80-598: The left, and the Alakit , Siligir , Merchimden , Kyuyutingde (Кюютингдэ), Khorbusuonka and Kelimyar on the right. Dyangylakh or Dzhyangylakh (Ostrov Dyangylakh) 73°05′20″N 120°08′24″E  /  73.089°N 120.140°E  / 73.089; 120.140 is a large flat delta island at the mouth of the Olenek River. There are many smaller islands in its immediate vicinity, such as Eppet Island off its eastern side, but none comes close to its size. Dyangylakh

90-518: The river but were driven out by the natives. Pioneering Russian Arctic explorer Vasili Pronchishchev and his wife Tatiana (Maria) died of scurvy in the area of the river in September 1736, while mapping the coasts of the Laptev Sea. After their deaths, husband and wife were interred at Ust-Olenyok , near the mouth of the Olenyok. Their tomb was moved after the bodies were exhumed in 1999. In 1956

100-449: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Olenyok . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olenyok&oldid=986690348 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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