Pyotr Kuzmich Pakhtusov (1800, Kronstadt

Kronstadt

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 - November 19, 1835, Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk

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) was a Russia

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n surveyor

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 and Arctic

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 explorer. He is credited with the first thorough survey of Novaya Zemlya

Novaya Zemlya

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Between 1832 and 1835 Pakhtusov undertook two exploratory journeys to Novaya Zemlya. He wintered on the island on the two occasions and took detailed meteorological observations.

Pakhtusov carefully surveyed the southern and eastern parts of Novaya Zemlya along with fellow explorer and cartographer Avgust Tsivolko

Avgust Tsivolko

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 during the last two years of the expedition. Thanks to their work the first reliable maps of Novaya Zemlya's southern shores and part of the northern island's coastline, were published.

A small island in the eastern shore of Novaya Zemlya and a group of islands in the Nordenskiöld Archipelago

Nordenskiöld Archipelago

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are named after Pyotr Kuzmich Pakhtusov.