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Turukannakh-Kumaga is a long and narrow island off the Lena Delta's western shore. |
Turukannakh-Kumaga is a long and narrow island off the Lena Delta's western shore. |
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One of the Lena delta islands, Ostrov Amerika-Kuba-Aryta or Ostrov Kuba-Aryta, was named after the island of [[Cuba]] during Soviet times. It is on the northern edge of the delta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ostrov+Amerika-Kuba-Aryta,+Bulunsky+District,+Sakha,+Russia/@73.5025,127.736389,13z/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&dg=dbrw&newdg=1|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> |
One of the Lena delta islands, Ostrov Amerika-Kuba-Aryta or Ostrov Kuba-Aryta, was perhaps named after the island of [[Cuba]] during Soviet times. It is on the northern edge of the delta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Ostrov+Amerika-Kuba-Aryta,+Bulunsky+District,+Sakha,+Russia/@73.5025,127.736389,13z/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&dg=dbrw&newdg=1|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>{{failed verification}} If named before the Soviet times, it is possible that the islands were named after the [[tundra swan|American Swan]], found in the area (Kuba being the Yakut term for 'swan'). |
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==Fish== |
==Fish== |
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