Vladimir Voronin (captain) - Memory

Memory

Some geographic locations in Russia have been named in honor of this Soviet captain and explorer of the Arctic waters

  • Voronina Island, a small island group in the Kara Sea.
  • Banka Voronina, a shoal in the Gulf of Finland 60°23′N 28°08′E / 60.383°N 28.133°E / 60.383; 28.133.
  • Bukhta Voronina, a bay in the NW shores of Novaya Zemlya76°12′N 62°36′E / 76.200°N 62.600°E / 76.200; 62.600.
  • The Voronin Trough, a geological feature in the Arctic Ocean basin with a depth of 450m located 290km east of Franz Josef Land.

Cape Voronin off Viachtu Bay in Sakhalin Island, however, is not named after Captain Vladimir Voronin, but after Second lieutenant Alexey Ivanovich Voronin, a previous Russian explorer who took part in the 1849-1855 Amur Expedition.

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