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The limits of the Laptev Sea, situated off the northern coast of USSR, between the Severnaya Islands and the Novo Sibirskiye Islands, are the following: On the North: A line joining position 79 Degrees N - 139 Degrees E southward, along the meridian of 139 Degrees E, to Cape Anisiy (76 Degrees 12 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 00 Minutes E), the northern extremity of Kotel Minutes nyy Island; thence from Cape Anisiy southward, along the western coast of this island, to Cape Medvezhiy thence a line joining Cape Medvezhiy southward, through Malyy Lyakhovskiy Island (74 Degrees 10 Minutes N - 140 Degrees 30 Minutes E), to Cape Vagina (73 Degrees 26 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 50 Minutes E), the northwestern extremity of Kigilyakh Peninsula, on the Bol'shoy Lyakhovskiy Island; thence from Cape Vagina southward, along the western coast of this peninsula, to Cape Kigilyakh (73 Degrees 21 Minutes N - 139 Degrees 50 Minutes E), the southwestern extremity thereof; and thence a line joining Cape Kigilyakh southeastward to Cape Svyatoy Nos (72 Degrees 53 Minutes N - 140 Degrees 40 Minutes E), on the northern coast of USSR (the common limit with the East Siberian Sea, see 9.1). On the South: From Cape Svyatoy Nos westward, along the northern coast of USSR, to Cape Pronchishcheva (77 Degrees 32 Minutes N - 105 Degrees 55 Minutes E). On the West: A line joining Cape Pronchishcheva northward to Cape Evgenova (78 Degrees 18 Minutes N - 104 Degrees 50 Minutes E), the southeastern extremity of Bol'shevik Island; thence from Cape Evgenova northwestward, along the eastern coast of this island, to Cape Peschanyy (79 Degrees 25 Minutes N - 102 Degrees 25 Minutes E), the northern extremity thereof; thence a line joining Cape Peschanyy northwestward to Cape Anuchin (79 Degrees 40 Minutes N - 100 Degrees 20 Minutes E), the eastern extremity of Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii Island; thence from Cape Anuchin northwestward, along the eastern coast of this island, to Cape Gvardeicev (80 Degrees 10 Minutes N - 97 Degrees 40 Minutes E), the northern extremity thereof; thence a line joining Cape Gvardeicev northwestward to the southeastern extremity of Komsomolets Island (80 Degrees 13 Minutes N - 97 Degrees 20 Minutes E); and thence from the southeastern extremity of Komsomolets Island northwestward, along the eastern coast of this island, to Cape Arkticheskiy (81 Degrees 16 Minutes N - 95 Degrees 45 Minutes E), the northern extremity thereof (the common limit with the Kara Sea, see 9.3). |