Ship's name on the map

The first official Russian ship toponym, that is, a geographical feature named after a ship, can be considered the London shoal in the Gulf of Finland. She received this name in memory of the ship of Peter the Great's Baltic Squadron, the London, which was wrecked on this shoal in 1719.


For the first time, the names of Russian ships appeared on ocean maps as a result of the circumnavigation of the expedition of I. Kruzenstern and Yu. Lisyansky on the sloops Nadezhda and Neva in 1803-1806. The sailors named a reef on the Hawaiian Islands Neva and a cape on the Japanese island of Hokkaido Nadezhda in honor of their ships. This expedition ushered in the era of Russian sea voyages around the world, each of which left the names of the discoverer ships on the sea charts. Some of them are: Diana Strait in the Kuril Islands chain (V. Golovnin's expedition), Rurik Atoll near the Russian Islands (O. Kotzebue's expedition), Suvorov Atoll near the Cook Islands (M. Lazarev's expedition), etc.


The discovery of Antarctica by F. Bellingshausen and M. Lazarev is considered to be the crowning achievement of these voyages. In 1820 They were the first to see the Antarctic island, named after Peter I. Now the shores of the island are named after the distinguished sloops of this expedition Mirny and Vostok, and on the icy mainland there are Soviet scientific stations with the same names.


The exceptional merit of Russian seafarers is the exploration and development of the seas of the Arctic and the Far East. The huge number of names of Russian and Soviet ships and vessels on nautical charts eloquently testifies to this. Their memory is preserved by place names: Gabriel Bay in the Bering Sea (V. Bering's expedition boat "Saint Gabriel"), the Obi-Postman Strait (F. Minin's expedition boat), the Fortuna Strait between the Kuril Islands (V. Shestakov's expedition boat), the St. Anna trench off the east coast of Franz Josef Land (G. Brusilov's expedition schooner), Ermak Island, Perseus Bank and others.


Sometimes geographical names serve as monuments to ships that died fighting the elements. There are such places in every sea: in the Bering Sea — Kostroma Spit; in the Okhotsk Cape Sevryuga, Bay of Natalia; in the Barents Sea — Rusanov Strait, Yenisei Bay; in the White Sea — Sadko Bank.


The exploration of the world's oceans is especially intensive nowadays. Modern ships have been built in the Soviet Union, which, using the latest technology, continue to solve the mysteries of the depths of the sea. In the Indian Ocean, our oceanographers discovered a trough and a bike named after the expedition vessel Ob. The shoal off the coast of Greenland and the passage to the Davis Sea off the coast of Antarctica are also named. In the 70s, the Kurentsova seamounts (named after the ship "Professor Kurentsov") and Akademik Knipovich (ship "Akademik Knipovich") were discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the underwater fault Akademik Kurchatov (ship "Akademik Kurchatov").


Sailors have another wonderful tradition — to perpetuate in geographical names the names of ships and vessels that glorified their Homeland with their exploits.


The Sibiryak Strait in the Kara Sea, Malygintsev Bay on Bunge Island, Perseus Bay in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago are named after civilian ships that died during the war and their crews.


The great contribution of Russian sailors to the study and discovery of lands has been noted by a number of place names abroad. For example, the names of the shores on Peter I Island — Vostok and Mirny - were assigned in 1929 by a Norwegian expedition. F. Bellingshausen's sloop was noted by the British, naming one of the capes on Alexander I Land — East. In 1877, Canadian engineer Hunter named one of the mountains in the Alexander—Rynda archipelago.


There are many more examples of ship toponyms. Suffice it to say that in the Russian maritime toponymy there are about 500 geographical objects, the names of which are associated with the names of more than 250 Russian and Soviet ships. These names contain glorious deeds and everyday work, the glory of our science, and the living history of the country. Intégrer une plateforme de paris sérieuse avec un bonus de bienvenue généreux est la meilleure façon de commencer. Les utilisateurs apprécient les adresses qui valorisent leurs premiers dépôts. Au cœur de cette proposition intéressante figure le code promo de melbet qui permet d’obtenir un avantage concret. En l’utilisant lors de votre inscription, vous recevez jusqu’à 130 € de bonus. Ce bonus renforce votre expérience et augmente vos possibilités de gains.