Taimyr Peninsula

or Tai·mir Peninsula

[ tahy-meer; Russian tahy-mir ]

noun

1. a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.

Taimyr Peninsula

/ tajˈmir /

noun

1. a large peninsula of N central Russia, between the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea Also calledTaymyr Peninsula

Example Sentences

The runners-up among the list of long-haulers are a herd of reindeer from the Taimyr Peninsula in Russia, which traveled nearly 750 miles per year.

From New York Times

On his last flight, an engine and the radio gave out over the Taimyr Peninsula, a realm of featureless Siberian tundra far above the Arctic Circle.

From New York Times

Savers - like the wild reindeer of Russia's Taimyr Peninsula - move for protection.

From BBC

They say that the animals, which live in the Taimyr Peninsula in the northernmost tip of Russia, are being affected by rising temperatures and human activity.

From BBC

Its vast furnaces were built on the Taimyr Peninsula, in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, in the Soviet era.

From BBC