TOPONYMY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF THE KARAGINSKY GULF (KAMCHATKA)
https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2017-3-103-117
Abstract
The comparative analysis of the toponymy as presented in the “Description of the Land Kamchatka” by S.P. Krasheninnikov with the “Map of Kamchatka and nearby places” reveals the “offset” of the Tymlat River for 80 km in place of the modern Valovayam River; the Anapka River beyond the Kamchatka Peninsula in place of the genuine Ilpinskaya River; the mouths of the Anapka and Ilpinskaya rivers, as well as Ilpinsky Nos (cape) are placed far more to the east than the longitude of the Karaginsky Island; and the Govena Peninsula (Govensky Nos by Krasheninnikov) is missed. The same comparison with the modern maps reveals the change of names of the original (by Krasheninnikov) Anapka River to Valovayam River, the Ilpinsky Peninsula to Ilpyrsky. It is being shown, that movement of the names of Govena and Olyutorsky peninsulas one step to the east, as well as disappearance of the Pakhachinsky Peninsula, was a result of F.P. Litke’s error, who took the Govena Peninsula by Krasheninnikov for Ilpinsky Nos by F. Miller.
About the Authors
V. E. Bykasov
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
S. V. Bykasov
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Bykasov V.E., Bykasov S.V. TOPONYMY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF THE KARAGINSKY GULF (KAMCHATKA). Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2017;(3):103-117. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2017-3-103-117
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