Taymyr Peninsula

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Map of the Russian Arctic

Location of the Taymyr peninsula

Taymyr Peninsula (Russian: Полуостров Таймыр, Таймырский полуостров) is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. It lies between the Yenisei Gulf of the Kara Sea and the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

The peninsula is the site of the last known naturally occurring muskox outside of North America, which died out about 2,000 years ago.^[1] They were successfully reintroduced in 1975.^[2]

1 Population
2 Economy
3 References
4 Bibliography
5 External links

[edit] Population

The isolated location of Nganasan people enabled them to maintain shamanistic practices even in the 20^th century.^[3]

[edit] Economy

MMC Norilsk Nickel conducts mining operations in the area. The company conducts smelting operations in the area of the city of Norilsk, near the peninsula. The nickel ore concentrate and other products of the company are transported over a short railroad to the port city of Dudinka on the Yenisei River, and from there by boat to Murmansk and other ports.

[edit] References

^ Science Daily
^ Safari Club Foundation Recordbook entry on Bovids
^ Hoppál 2005

[edit] Bibliography

Hoppál, Mihály (2005). Sámánok Eurázsiában. (in Hungarian). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-8295-3 2. The title means “Shamans in Eurasia”, the book is written in Hungarian, but it is published also in German, Estonian and Finnish. Site of publisher with short description on the book (in Hungarian)