Place-names in the Soviet Arctic

There are places in the Soviet Arctic which on English maps and in English literature are called by three or four quite different names. The confusion to which this state of affairs leads is obvious. Yet it is not too difficult to establish a set of principles which might be generally used as a guid...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Armstrong, Terence
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1950
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description There are places in the Soviet Arctic which on English maps and in English literature are called by three or four quite different names. The confusion to which this state of affairs leads is obvious. Yet it is not too difficult to establish a set of principles which might be generally used as a guide in putting Russian Arctic place-names on English maps.
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400044892 2025-01-16T20:04:48+00:00 Place-names in the Soviet Arctic Armstrong, Terence 1950 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400044892 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400044892 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 5, issue 39, page 408-426 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1950 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400044892 2024-02-08T08:48:12Z There are places in the Soviet Arctic which on English maps and in English literature are called by three or four quite different names. The confusion to which this state of affairs leads is obvious. Yet it is not too difficult to establish a set of principles which might be generally used as a guide in putting Russian Arctic place-names on English maps. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 5 39 408 426
spellingShingle General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Armstrong, Terence
Place-names in the Soviet Arctic
title Place-names in the Soviet Arctic
title_full Place-names in the Soviet Arctic
title_fullStr Place-names in the Soviet Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Place-names in the Soviet Arctic
title_short Place-names in the Soviet Arctic
title_sort place-names in the soviet arctic
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
topic_facet General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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