Editing Laptev Sea (section)

==Extent==
[[File:BrnBld LaptevTopo.pdf|300px|thumb|'''Laptev Sea's limits''' as defined by the [[International Hydrographic Organization]]. This definition and [[bathymetry]] with 1 [[Minute of arc|arc-minute]] resolution leads to an area of 502000 [[km]]<sup>2</sup> which compares to 672000 [[km]]<sup>2</sup> from [http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=laptev+sea+area WolframAlpha].]]
The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the Laptev Sea as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2011|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>

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'''On the West''' The eastern limit of [[Kara Sea]]<br>[[Komsomolets Island]] from [[Arctic Cape|Cape Molotov]] to South Eastern Cape; thence to Cape Vorochilov, [[October Revolution Island|Oktiabrskaya Revolutziya Island]] to Cape Anuchin. Then to Cape Unslicht on [[Bolshevik Island]]. Bolshevik Island to [[Cape Yevgenov]]. Thence to Cape Pronchisthehev on the main land (see Russian chart No. 1484 of the year 1935).

'''On the North''' A line joining Cape Molotov to the Northern extremity of [[Kotelny/Faddeyevsky Island|Kotelni Island]] ({{coord|76|10|N|138|50|E|region:RU_dim:300000|name=Northern extremity of Kotelni Island}}).

'''On the East''' From the Northern extremity of Kotelni Island – through Kotelni Island to Cape Madvejyi. Then through Malyi Island <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Little Lyakhovsky Island]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, to Cape Vaguin on [[Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island|Great Liakhov Island]]. Thence to Cape Sviatoy Nos on the main land.
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Using current geographic names and [[Phonetic transcription|transcription]] this definition corresponds to the area shown in the map.

# The sea's border starts at [[Arctic Cape]] (formerly Cape Molotov) on [[Komsomolets Island]] at {{coord|81|13|N|95|15|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Arctic Cape}} and connects to Cape Rosa Luxemburg ''(Mys Rozy Lyuksemburg)'', the southeastern [[Cape (geography)|cape]] of the island.
# The next segment crosses [[Red Army Strait]] and leads to Cape Vorochilov on [[October Revolution Island]] and afterwards through that island to Cape Anuchin at {{coord|79|39|37|N|100|21|22|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Cape Anuchin}}.
# Next, the border crosses [[Shokalsky Strait]] to [[Cape Unslicht]] at {{coord|79|25|04|N|102|31|00|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Cape Unslicht}} on [[Bolshevik Island]]. It goes further through the island to [[Cape Yevgenov]] at {{coord|78|17|N|104|50|E|dim:300000_region:RU |name=Cape Evgenov}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapt4748.narod.ru/map2/indext481315.html |title=Topographic maps T-48-XIII, XIV, XV – 1:200 000 |language=ru |work=Топографические карты|access-date=2012-09-17}}</ref>
# From there, the border goes through [[Vilkitsky Strait]] to Cape Pronchishchev at {{coord|77|32|57|N|105|54|4|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Cape Pronchishchev}} on the [[Tamyr peninsula]].
# The southern boundary is the shore of the Asian mainland. Prominent features are the [[Khatanga Gulf]] ([[estuary]] of the [[Khatanga River]]) and the [[river delta|delta]] of the [[Lena River]].
# In the east, the polygon crosses the [[Dmitry Laptev Strait]]. It connects [[Cape Svyatoy Nos (Laptev Sea)|Cape Svyatoy Nos]] at {{coord|72.7|N|141.2|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Svyatoy Nos}} with Cape Vagin at {{coord|73|26|0|N|139|50|0|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Cape Vaguin}} in the very east of [[Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island]].
# Next, the Laptev Sea border crosses the Eterikan Strait to [[Little Lyakhovsky Island]] (aka Malyi Island) at {{Coord|74.0833|N|140.5833|E|dim:300000_region:RU|name=Little Lyakhovsky Island}} up to Cape Medvezhiy.
# Finally, there is a segment through [[Kotelny]] Island to Cape Anisy, its northernmost headland {{Coord|76|10|N|138|50|E|dim:300000_region:RU}}.
# The last link reaches from there back to Arctic Cape.