Taymyr Peninsula

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Taymyr Peninsula is a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia. It lies between Yenisei Gulf of the Kara Sea and Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea in Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Resolution approved December 1, 2006 - the archipelago "Severnaya Zemlya" has been renamed as "arkhipelag Zemlya Imperatora Nikolaia II" in honor of Emperor Nicholas II; the island "Maly Taimyr" is renamed as the island of the Tsarevich Alexy; the island "October Revolution" is renamed as the island of St. Alexandra; the island "Bolshevik" is renamed as the island of St. Olga; the island "Komsomoletz" is renamed as the island of St. Maria; the island "Pioneer" is renamed as the island of St. Tatiana; the island "Domashny" is renamed as the island of St. Anastasia.

[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.