See also:

• VAYGACH (variously Waigats, Waigatch, &c.)

VAYGACH (variously Waigats, Waigatch, &c.)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island off the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, between it and Novaya Zemlya, bounded S. by the narrow Yugor Strait, and N. by that of Kara . It is roughly oblong in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form; its length from S.E. to N.W. is 70 m., and its greatest breadth 28 . Its greatest See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation scarcely exceeds 300 ft . For the most See also:

• PART

part it consists of See also:

• TUNDRA (a Russian word, signifying a marshy plain)

tundra, with frequent marshes and small lakes . Slight rocky ridges run generally along its length, and the coast has See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low cliffs in places . The island. consists in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone- and its elevation above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea is geologically See also:

• RECENT

recent . Raised beaches are frequently to be traced . The rocks are heavily scored by See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice, but this was probably marine ice, not that of glaciers . See also:

• GRASSES

Grasses, mosses and Arctic flowering See also:

• PLANTS

plants are abundant, but there are no trees excepting occasional See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf willows . Foxes and lemmings are met with, but whereas animals are few, birds are very numerous; a variety of ducks, waders, &c., frequent the marshes and lakes . The island is visited periodically by a few See also:

• SAMOYEDES

Samoyedes; they formerly considered it sacred, and some of their sacrificial piles, consisting of See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer's horns and the skulls of bears and deer, have been observed by travellers . In spite of their See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion to See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, the Samoyedes still regard these piles with superstition .

The origin of the name See also:

• VAYGACH (variously Waigats, Waigatch, &c.)

Vaygach is as dubious as its See also:

• ORTHOGRAPHY (from Gr. Opeoc, correct, right or straight, and yp&cbecv, to write)

orthography; it has been-held to be Dutch (waaien, to See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow, and gat, a strait, hence " windy strait ") or See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian, in which See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it is probably a surname . Comparatively little was known of the interior of the island until Mr F . G . See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson made the See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit of it on See also:

• FOOT

foot in 1893 (see his See also:

• GREAT

Great Frozen See also:

• LAND

Land, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1895; also H . J . See also:

• PEARSON, CHARLES HENRY (1830-1894)
• PEARSON, JOHN (1612-1686)
• PEARSON, JOHN LOUGHBOROUGH (1817-1897)

Pearson, Beyond Petsora Eastward, London, 1899) .