Olenyok River
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The Olenyok River (Russian: Оленёк, sometimes spelled Olenek) is a major river in northern Siberian Russia. It is 2,292 km long, of which around 1,000 km is navigable. Its major tributary is the Arga-Sala River.
The river's source is on the northern Central Siberian Plateau, from where it flows north east through Olenyok before emptying into the Laptev Sea at Ust-Olenyok just west of the Lena River delta.
The Olenyok is known for its abundant 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.
- Dyangylakh or Dzhyangylakh (Ostrov Dyangylakh) is a large flat delta island located ar the mouth of the Olenek River. There are many smaller islands in its immediate vicinity, like Eppet Island off its eastern side, but none comes closer to its size. Dyangylakh is 21 km long and 16 km wide.
[edit] History
Pioneering Russian Arctic explorer Vasili Pronchishchev and his wife Maria Pronchishcheva died of scurvy in this area in September 1736, while mapping the coasts of the Laptev Sea.
After their deaths, husband and wife were interred at the mouth of the Olenyok River.
[edit] References
- Historical data
- Excavations at the burial site of the couple: [1]
- Dyangylakh
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