Yugorsky Strait

This sound separates Vaygach Island from the Yugorsky Peninsula on the Russian mainland.

[2] The earliest recorded voyage through the Yugorsky Shar, traditionally known as the Arctic "Iron Gateway", into the Kara Sea was made from Nizhny Novgorod by early Russian explorer Uleb in 1032.

Russian Pomors, the coastal dwellers of the White Sea shores, had been exploring this strait since the 11th century.

The Arctic's first shipping line, the Great Mangazea Route, from the White Sea to the Ob River and the Yenisei Gulf began operating in the latter part of the 16th century.

The Yugorsky Strait was an important waterway in the early exploration of the Northern Sea Route and for the traffic of Soviet maritime convoys during World War II.