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The Yamal Peninsula ( Russian: полуостров Ямал, romanized : poluostrov Yamal) is located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of northwest Siberia, Russia. It extends roughly 700 km (435 mi) and is bordered principally by the Kara Sea, Baydaratskaya Bay on the west, and by the Gulf of Ob on the east.
The area consists of arctic tundra and taiga, with three large peninsulas – the Yamal Peninsula, Taz Peninsula and the Gyda Peninsula (itself containing the Yavay Peninsula and Mamonta Peninsula). There are nearly 300,000 lakes in the okrug, some of the main ones being Pyakuto, Chyortovo, Neito, Yambuto, Yarroto and Nembuto.
Yamal project, also referred to as Yamal megaproject, is a long-term plan to exploit and bring to the markets the vast natural gas reserves in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. Administratively, the project is located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Yamal Peninsula, Arctic lowland region in northwestern Siberia, west-central Russia. It is bounded on the west by the Kara Sea and Baydarata Bay, on the east and southeast by the Gulf of Ob, and on the north by the Malygina Strait. The peninsula has a total length of 435 miles (700 km), a maximum.
The Yamal Peninsula, in the far West of the Siberian Arctic, is home to nomadic reindeer herders who have preserved a strikingly traditional culture, way of life and system of spiritual beliefs.
It’s mid-July, and the group of Nenets herders that Yuri leads are about halfway through an annual trek that takes them 400 miles north on the Yamal Peninsula to the Arctic coast—in normal...
On the Yamal Peninsula, however, it has remained a respected and prestigious way of life, with whole families migrating together year-round. History of the Nenets The proto-Samoyeds migrated to the Arctic in the first millenium BC from the Altai-Sayan region near Mongolia.
The Yamal Peninsula is one of the least famous, but most important, regions of the Russian Federation. With a territory around 1.5 times the size of France, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous...
On Arctic Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula, the culture of nomadic reindeer herding has been better preserved than anywhere in the world. The Nenets nomads inhabit this isolated land, whose name means “The Edge of the World” in their language.
Be a part of the ancient nomadic culture of the Siberian Arctic on this immersive experience, participating in massive reindeer migration and staying in the winter camps of Nenets – nomad people of Yamal.
