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The limits of the East Siberian Sea, situated off the northeastern coast of USSR, between the Novo Sibirskiye Islands and Vrangelya Island, are the following: On the North: A line joining position 76 Degrees N - 180 Degrees southward, along the meridian of 180 Degrees , to the northern coast of Vrangelya Island (71 Degrees 32 Minutes N - 180 Degrees ); thence southwestward, along the western coast of this island, to Cape Blossom (70 Degrees 47 Minutes N - 178 Degrees 45 Minutes E), the southern extremity thereof; and thence a line joining Cape Blossom southwestward to Cape Yakan (69 Degrees 35 Minutes N - 177 Degrees 30 Minutes E), on the northeastern coast of USSR (the common limit with the Chukchi Sea, see 9.16). On the South: From Cape Yakan westward, along the northeastern coast of USSR, to Cape Svyatoy Nos (72 Degrees 53 Minutes N - 140 Degrees 40 Minutes E). On the West: A line joining Cape Svyatoy Nos northwestward to Cape Kigilyakh (73 Degrees 21 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 50 Minutes E), the southwestern extremity of Kigilyakh Peninsula on the Bol'shoy Lyakhovskiy Island; thence from Cape Kigilyakh northward, through this peninsula, to Cape Vagina (73 Degrees 26 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 50 Minutes E), the northwestern extremity thereof; thence a line joining Cape Vagina northward, through Malyy Lyakhovskiy Island (74 Degrees 10 Minutes N - 140 Degrees 30 Seconds E), to Cape Medveshiy (74 Degrees 37 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 05 Minutes E), the southern extremity of Kotel Minutes nyy Island; thence from Cape Medvezhiy northward, along the eastern coast of this island, to Cape Anisiy (76 Degrees 12 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 00 Minutes E), the northern extremity thereof; and thence a line joining Cape Anisiy northward, along the meridian of 139 Degrees E, to position 79 Degrees N - 139 Degrees E, on the shelf edge (the common limit with the Laptev Sea, see 9.2). |