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New Island Discovered near Russian Coast
Russia IC ^ | 9.12.2013 15:43 | Vera Manykina

Posted on 10/07/2014 7:47:14 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior

An unknown island has been found in the Laptev Sea. It has been named Yaya.

The discoverers have declined another option, namely Bounty.

The island was noticed by a crew of the Mi-26 helicopters making a flight near the coast of Yakutia. The pioneers of the island verified the island location with maps and did not find any marks of this mysterious place there.

The island area makes several hundred square meters. Scientists assume that the island probably appeared half a century ago. It is loated in the ridge of New Siberian Archipelago next to Stolbovoy and Bel’kovsky.

Not far from there a few islands were wiped out at once in the mid 20th century. It happened due to destruction of their ice and soil basis. Geographers think that considering high activity of geological processes in the region it is not only destruction that is possible there, but the reverse process as well.

Upon discussions it was decided to name the new island Yaya. The historian and geographer Sergey Ryzhy explains the name origin: initially they wanted to name the island Bounty because of the new island shape similar to the island from the Bounty commercial. When the discoverers started arguing about who was the first to notice the island and hence has the right to name it, all repeated: “Ya, ya, ya!” (i.e. Me, me, me!).

Map, though in Russian, but still readable


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: maritimeborder; newisland; russia
The expedition crew members have also said that the Russian territorial waters will increase by 452 sq. miles because of the discovery.
1 posted on 10/07/2014 7:47:14 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior
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To: Freelance Warrior
this was predicted years ago by the british rock and roll band the Rolling Stones


2 posted on 10/07/2014 7:50:35 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: Freelance Warrior

BFD?


3 posted on 10/07/2014 7:50:43 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Freelance Warrior

NOT my fault.


4 posted on 10/07/2014 8:07:39 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Freelance Warrior
Sittin' in LaLa waitin' for my YaYa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5LnpErE6f4

5 posted on 10/07/2014 8:11:12 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Gilligan??!!!


6 posted on 10/07/2014 8:13:16 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
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To: Yo-Yo

mmmmmm.......broasted chicken!

http://yayas.com/


7 posted on 10/07/2014 8:20:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Conservative4Ever
Yup.


8 posted on 10/07/2014 8:34:47 AM PDT by mc5cents ("Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Me! Me! Me! Can we ship obola there?


9 posted on 10/07/2014 9:03:38 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Freelance Warrior

But wait...we’ve been told the sea level is rising, not retreating...and there’s no mention of volcanic activity...I’m so confused...


10 posted on 10/07/2014 9:21:27 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Looks like John Locke’s been steering the frozen wheel again...


11 posted on 10/07/2014 9:29:10 AM PDT by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're yelling "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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To: Freelance Warrior
“It has been named Yaya.”

Yaya ? I was expecting Putin but Yaya is badass too.

12 posted on 10/07/2014 10:10:08 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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