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    Kolyuchin Island or Koliuchin Island (Russian: Остров Колючин, Chukot: Кувлючьин, romanized: Kuvlyuch'in) is a small island in the Chukchi Sea. It is...
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    Chelyuskin, named after Semion Chelyuskin. It sank in the Chukchi Sea near Kolyuchin Island during an ill-fated attempt to cover the Northern Sea Route. The 1965-built...
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    Kolyuchin Bay (Russian: Колючинская губа; Kolyuchinskaya guba) is a large bay in the Chukchi Sea on the northern shore of the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia...
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    fields in September. Eight members of the crew had been dropped off at Kolyuchin Island, so there were 104 people on board including 10 women and two small...
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    Routan Islands, Shalaurov Island, Wrangel Island, Herald Island, Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island, Karkarpko Island, Kolyuchin Island, Serykh Gusey Islands, Idlidlya...
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  • improvised airfield on the frozen surface of the Chukchi Sea near Kolyuchin Island. In World War II he successfully commanded an air brigade, air division...
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    for over two months, was crushed and sank on 13 February 1934 near Kolyuchin Island. Apart from one fatality, her entire complement of 104 was able to...
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    and crew aboard the SS Chelyuskin, when it was crushed by ices near Kolyuchin Island in 1934. In 2006, participants of the World Wildlife Fund Bear Patrol...
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    State Nature Reserve “Wrangel Island "Ministry of Natural Resources of the russian Federation – History of Wrangel Island". Archived from the original...
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    improvised airfield on the frozen surface of the Chukchi Sea near Kolyuchin Island. He personally evacuated 5 men and airlifted ill Otto Schmidt for care...
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    icebreaker Chelyuskin got stuck in pack ice in the Chukchi Sea near Kolyuchin Island. The crew worked hard to free the ship from the surrounding ice, succeeding...
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    the peninsula's southernmost point. The Eturerveyem River flows into Kolyuchin Bay on the peninsula. Arctic Alaska-Chukotka terrane Providence Bay Chukotka...
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  • of the 103 marooned survivors of the SS Chelyuskin, which sank near Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea in February. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala...
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  • The Soviet steamship SS Chelyuskin was crushed by ice and sank near Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea. The 104 people on board escaped onto the ice and...
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  • features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter K. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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    Pyngopylkhyn Lagoon (from the Chukchi, Pynopelgyn, lit. "sucking orifice"). Kolyuchin Island is found to the north east of the village. Further along the coast...
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    shores of the Kolyuchin Bay. Administratively this island group belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. The islands are in the...
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    Pychgynmygytgyn is located in the Chukotka Peninsula, 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Kolyuchin Bay. It is a V-shaped lake that lies in a wide intermontane basin of the...
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    Chukotka Peninsula, south of Kolyuchin Bay. Ioni is the largest lake in its district. It lies in the Mechigmen-Kolyuchin basin, a large intermontane basin...
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