Yuny Strait Юный пролив |
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Jungsturm Strait | |
Map showing the location of Yuny Strait
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Location in Krasnoyarsk Krai
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Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 80°6′N 92°34′E / 80.100°N 92.567°ECoordinates: 80°6′N 92°34′E / 80.100°N 92.567°E |
Ocean/sea sources | Kara Sea / Red Army Strait |
Basin countries | Russia |
Max. length | 60 km (37 mi) |
Max. width | 24 km (15 mi) |
Yuny Strait (Russian: Юный пролив) is a strait in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. It is covered with ice most of the year.
Initially named Proliv Yungshturm (Russian: пролив Юнгштурм) after the Roter Jungsturm of the German Communist Youth, following the Great Patriotic War, its name was changed to Yuny (Youth).
The Yuny Strait is a maximum 24 km (15 mi)-wide strait that separates Pioneer Island from Komsomolets Island, connecting the Kara Sea in the northwest with the Red Army Strait in the southeast. It runs roughly in a northwest/southeast direction and its confluence with the Red Army Strait is located 23 km (14 mi) to the southwest of Cape October. The minimum width of Yuny Strait is 4 km (2.5 mi).