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{{short description|Cape on Severny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia}}
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| other_name            = Сухой Нос
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| location              = [[Severny Island]], [[Novaya Zemlya]]<br/>[[Arkhangelsk Oblast]], [[Russian Federation]]
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'''Sukhoy Nos''' ({{langx|ru|Сухой Нос}}, literally 'Dry Nose'; there is another Sukhoy Nos on [[Vaygach Island]] south of Novaya Zemlya) is a [[Cape (geography)|cape]] on [[Severny Island]], the northern island of the archipelago [[Novaya Zemlya]], projecting westward into the [[Barents Sea]]. The site lies near the southwestern corner of the island, {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}} from [[Mityushikha Bay]], north of [[Matochkin Strait]], which separates Severny from [[Yuzhny Island]], the southern island of the archipelago.<ref name="mapc">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/13318628|title=Mys Sukhoy Nos|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=10 April 2019}}</ref>
The cape is composed of black and reddish [[shale]]. Underwater sandbars are located off its northern shore. In the 19th century, numerous birds nested on the steep cliffs, particularly [[loon]]s.<ref>"[http://enc-dic.com/brokgause/Suho-nos-22899.html Сухой Нос]" in the ''[[Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary]]'' (Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона – С.-Пб.: Брокгауз-Ефрон. 1890–1907) {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
==History==
Sukhoy Nos was a site of [[nuclear testing]] for the former [[USSR]], being the third and the northernmost detonating site of three on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (designated "Zone C"). It was used between 1958 and 1961 and in October 1961 was the site of the record-breaking 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, known as [[Tsar Bomba]].<ref name="khalturin_2005">{{cite journal|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~globsec/publications/pdf/13_1-2khalturin%20NZ%201-42%20.pdf |title=A Review of Nuclear Testing by the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya, 1955–1990 |first=Vitaly I. |last=Khalturin |author2=Rautian, Tatyana G. |author3=Richards, Paul G. |author4=Leith, William S. |journal=Science and Global Security |volume=13 |issue=1 |year=2005 |pages=1–42 |doi=10.1080/08929880590961862 |bibcode=2005S&GS...13....1K |s2cid=122069080 |accessdate=2006-10-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908073452/http://www.princeton.edu/~globsec/publications/pdf/13_1-2khalturin%20NZ%201-42%20.pdf |archivedate=September 8, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Novaya Zemlya]]
[[Category:Russian nuclear test sites]]
[[Category:Nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union]]
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