Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a 50 km-wide strait in Russia. It separates Anzhu Islands from Lyakhovsky Islands, and connects the Laptev Sea in the west with the East Siberian Sea in the east. It is named after Russian explorer Yakov Sannikov.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait
- Also known as: “Sannikova Strait”
Sannikov Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Yakutia, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yakut—“Sannikov Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Sannikov boğazı”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Саннікава”
- Belarusian: “Пратока Саньнікава”
- Belarusian: “Саньнікава пратока”
- Bosnian: “Sanikovljev prolaz”
- Bulgarian: “Санников”
- Cebuano: “Proliv Sannikova”
- Chinese: “桑尼科夫海峽”
- Croatian: “Prolaz Sannikova”
- Croatian: “Sannikovljev tjesnac”
- Czech: “Sannikovův průliv”
- Dutch: “Proliv Sannikova”
- Estonian: “Sannikovi väin”
- French: “détroit de Sannikov”
- French: “Détroit de Sannikov”
- Georgian: “სანიკოვის სრუტე”
- German: “Sannikowstraße”
- Hebrew: “מצר סאניקוב”
- Italian: “Stretto di Sannikov”
- Japanese: “サンニコフ海峡”
- Latin: “Fretum Sannikovii”
- Latvian: “Saņņikova šaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Sanikovo sąsiauris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sannikovsundet”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Sannikowa”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Sannikov”
- Russian: “Пролив Санникова”
- Slovak: “Sannikovov prieliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Sannikov”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Sánnikov”
- Turkish: “Sannikov Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Санникова протока”
- Yakut: “Санников силбэһиитэ”
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