Yugorski Strait

The Yugorsky Strait or Yugor Strait is a narrow sound between the Kara Sea and the . Its maximum width is 10 km and its minimum width only 3 km.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between Kara and Barents Seas
  • Also known as: Yugorski Shar” and “Yugorsky Strait

Yugorski Strait

Latitude
69.72056° or 69° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
60.58° or 60° 34′ 48″ east
Open location code
9JX2PHCH+6X
Geo­Names ID
1485784
Wiki­data ID
Q1422973
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Yugorski Strait” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Յուգորսկի շար
  • Azerbaijani: Yaqorski Şar boğazı
  • Belarusian: Праліў Югорскі Шар
  • Belarusian: Югорскі Шар
  • Bulgarian: Югорски Шар
  • Catalan: Estret de Iugor
  • Catalan: Estret Iugorski
  • Cebuano: Proliv Yugorskiy Shar
  • Chinese: 尤戈尔斯基海峡
  • Chinese: 尤戈爾斯基海峽
  • Chinese: 尤戈爾海峽
  • Croatian: Jugorski tjesnac
  • Czech: Jugorskij Šar
  • Dutch: Joegorski Sjar
  • Dutch: Joegorstraat
  • Dutch: Straat Joegor
  • Dutch: Straat Joegorski
  • Estonian: Jugorski Šar
  • French: détroit de Iougor
  • French: Détroit de Iougor
  • French: Détroit de Iougorski
  • French: détroit de Jugor
  • French: détroit de Yougor
  • French: Detroit de Yugorsky
  • French: Détroit de yugorsky
  • German: Jugorski Schar
  • German: Jugorstrasse
  • German: Jugorstraße
  • German: Yugor Strasse
  • Hebrew: מצר יוגורסקי
  • Italian: Stretto di Jugor
  • Latin: Fretum Iugricum
  • Latvian: Jugorskijšars
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jugorskijstredet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jugorskijsundet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jugorskij Sjar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jugorskijsundet
  • Norwegian: Jugorskijsundet
  • Polish: Cieśnina Jugorskij Szar
  • Polish: Jugorski Szar
  • Polish: Jugorskij Szar
  • Portuguese: Estreito de Iugor
  • Portuguese: Estreito de Yugor
  • Portuguese: Estreito Iugorsky
  • Portuguese: Estreito Yugorksy
  • Portuguese: Estreito Yugorsky
  • Russian: Пролив Югорский Шар
  • Russian: Югорский шар
  • Russian: Югорский Шар
  • Slovak: Jugorská úžina
  • Spanish: Estrecho de Yugor
  • Spanish: Estrecho de Yugorsky
  • Turkish: Yugor Boğazı
  • Ukrainian: Югорський Шар

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