A random look across the globe - Russia 70 degrees latitude and longitude

I thought it might be interesting to choose a random longitude and latitude and to find out what is happening in that area, to widen our view, and find out the news that we will not see on TV or elsewhere. Today I chose 70 degrees latitude and 70 degrees longitude and it came up with an area in Russia, tundra, where 90% of Russian gas is found.



66 N 76 E
Russia : Yamalo-Nenetskiy avtonomnyy okrug


Yamalo-Nenetsky autonomous okrug occupies the north of the West-Siberian lowland. A little part of okrug is located on the eastern slope of the Arctic Ural. The territory of the okrug is a plain, located in the zone of permafrost. The okrug borders on Arkhangelskaya region and the republic of Komi in the west, on Khanty-Mansyisky autonomous okrug in the south. It is washed by the Karskoe Sea in the north.

Location of the okrug in the midst of the northern part of Eurasia determines sharp continental climate. Winters are long and severe. Summers are short. Arctic day and night are typical for this region. Persistent day lasts 47 days and nights, arctic night - 21-75 days and nights.

Main rivers are the Yuribey (450 km), the Mordyyakha (300 km), Kharasavey (300 km). There are a lot of lakes in the okrug.

About half of the territory of the okrug is the zone of Arctic deserts. Climatic factors determines special animal world. Fauna of the okrug includes 227 species of animals.

Intensive development of oil-mining industry threatens many species of animals and plants. This situation may cause death of some animals in near future and will break normal functioning of the northern ecosystems.

In the territory of the okrug there are 2 sanctuaries, 13 reserves and ethnic territory.

Base of the regional economics is oil- and gas-mining. More than 90% of all Russian gas and 10% of oil are mined in Yamalo-Nenetsky okrug.

http://map.rin.ru/cgi-bin/detals_e.pl?Region=yamnen

Daily News
http://news.rin.ru/



June 15, 2006
Remains of mammoth found on Ob bank
In Oktyabrsky district of Hunty and Mansi autonomous region well preserved the remains of a mammoth have been discovered on the river Ob bank, the press-service of the regional administration reports on Tuesday.

Finding was made the day before, when the high bank of the Ob near the settlement Andra crumbled.

"From under the layer of sand the fragment of the head of the adult mammoth appeared: almost full incisor, nose cavities, the bone of frontal part, the fragment of the left side of the skull", says the press-release.

The workers of the local museum appealed for help to the specialists of the institute of the ecology of animals attached to the branch of Russian Academy of Science in Yekaterinburg.

The authorities of the region organized the protection of the place of the discovery of the mammoth remains.

http://www.arcticparl.org/resource/static/conf5_neelov.pdf

[tridim]

1. Great idea!

There's so much crap going on here that sometimes it's easy to forget that there's more to this earth than just the United States and the Middle East.

Paste 66 N 76 E into Google Earth. It zooms right to the area in question.

Edit: I'm having a blast typing random coordinates into Google Earth. I'll be at this for hours. :)

2. thanks

I like little projects, and this one suits me. I get to learn about the rest of the world without reading a zillion books.

Interesting to note that the place I chose, is the major gas producer for Russia and is in big trouble ecologically because they will have to tear up the area to get more gas.

Things are happening at a lightning fast pace with our environment.

[tkmorris]

3. I like this idea

Random intellectual curiousity is a beautiful thing. I hope you continue to post these periodically, it is interesting reading.

4. thanks - danke

[Gloria]

5. Try this site...someone posted it a while ago...it's awesome...

http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php?lang=eng

click on an icon or scroll down the page.......