Cape Buor-Khaya
Cape Buor-Khaya Мыс Буор-Хая | |
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 Location of Cape Buor-Khaya | |
  Cape Buor-Khaya | |
| Coordinates: 71°56′38″N 132°47′38″E / 71.94389°N 132.79389°E | |
| Location | Sakha (Yakutia),  Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | Laptev Sea |
| Area | |
| • Total | Russian Far East |
Cape Buor Khaya, (Russian: Мыс Буор-Хая; Mys Buor-Khaya) is a headland in the Laptev Sea.[1]
Geography
It is located between the Buor-Khaya Gulf on the west and the Yana Bay on the east. It is a conspicuous headland and has an 11 m high light on a framework tower.[2]
The sea in the area surrounding the cape is frozen for about nine months every year and often clogged with ice floes. On its eastern side there is a long semi-submerged landspit known as Kosa Buor-Khaya.
Administratively the Buor-Khaya Cape belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.
Climate
The area has a subarctic climate (Dfc) bordering on a tundra climate (ET).
| Climate data for Cape Buor-Khaya | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.0 (93.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 34.0 (93.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) | −15.7 (3.7) | −10.0 (14.0) | −3.6 (25.5) | 4.3 (39.7) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | −1.1 (30.0) | −10.5 (13.1) | −15.7 (3.7) | −2.1 (28.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −18.9 (−2.0) | −13.4 (7.9) | −6.9 (19.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | 7.8 (46.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.4 (43.5) | −3.6 (25.5) | −13.2 (8.2) | −18.6 (−1.5) | −5.3 (22.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.6 (−8.7) | −22.2 (−8.0) | −17.2 (1.0) | −10.6 (12.9) | −2.6 (27.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | −6.2 (20.8) | −16.3 (2.7) | −21.5 (−6.7) | −8.5 (16.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −51.0 (−59.8) | −48.0 (−54.4) | −43.9 (−47.0) | −38.9 (−38.0) | −28.0 (−18.4) | −13.9 (7.0) | −7.2 (19.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | −10.0 (14.0) | −32.0 (−25.6) | −48.0 (−54.4) | −51.0 (−59.8) | −51.0 (−59.8) |
| Source: [3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Russian Coastal explorer
- ^ "Weather Averages for Cape Buor-Khaya (1955-2011)". climatebase.ru. Retrieved 18 December 2014.