Krusenstern

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Krusenstern or Kruzenshtern refers to the Baltic German Estonian navigator in Russian services, Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846) who circumnavigated the world. After him were named:

Places

• Cape Krusenstern in Alaska.
  • Cape Krusenstern National Monument in Alaska.
• Krusenstern Islands southwest of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago in the eastern region of the Siberian Kara Sea
• Krusenstern Island part of the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait.
• Krusenstern (crater) on the moon
• A Marshall Islands island, now Ailuk-Atoll 10° N 170° O
• A Tuamotu Archipelago island, now Tikehau-Atoll, 15° S 148° W
• A small island near Hawaii ~ 21° N 176° W

Others

• Kruzenshtern (ship), Russian tall ship training vessel, before 1946 the German Padua
• Kruzenshtern & Parohod, a Russophone Israel klezmer-rock band from Tel Aviv
• Krusenstern field, a Natural Gas field in Russia

Todays spellings of Family Names: Krusenstern, Krusenstiern, Krusenstjern, Krusenstjerna