First Russian Antarctic Expedition

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The First Russian Antarctic Expedition was an early 19th-century Russian naval voyage that explored the Southern Ocean and is often credited with one of the first sightings of the Antarctic continent.

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instanceOf Antarctic expedition ⓘ
Russian naval expedition ⓘ
commander Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ⓘ
Mikhail Lazarev ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
departureCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
departureDate 1819-07-04 ⓘ
departurePort Kronstadt ⓘ
deputyCommander Mikhail Lazarev ⓘ
endTime 1821 ⓘ
exploredRegion Antarctic waters ⓘ
Bellingshausen Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea

South Shetland Islands vicinity ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
flag naval ensign of the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasParticipant Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ⓘ
Mikhail Lazarev ⓘ
historicalSignificance among the first expeditions to approach the Antarctic mainland ⓘ
includedDiscipline cartography ⓘ
hydrography ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
languageOfRecord Russian ⓘ
leader Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ⓘ
namedAfter Bellingshausen Sea ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea
notableFor early circumnavigation of Antarctica ⓘ
one of the first sightings of the Antarctic continent ⓘ
operator Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
orderedBy Tsar Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
purpose expansion of Russian naval knowledge ⓘ
geographical exploration ⓘ
scientific observation ⓘ
relatedEvent Age of Antarctic exploration ⓘ
relatedExpedition British Antarctic expeditions of the early 19th century ⓘ
result collection of scientific observations ⓘ
improved maps of high southern latitudes ⓘ
returnDate 1821-08-05 ⓘ
route Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean circumnavigation ⓘ
shipUsed Mirny (support vessel) ⓘ
Vostok (sloop-of-war) ⓘ
linked to: Vostok (ship)
sighted Antarctic ice shelf near Princess Martha Coast ⓘ
linked to: Ekström Ice Shelf

coastal ice formations of Antarctica ⓘ
sightingDate 1820-01-27 ⓘ
sponsoredBy Russian Imperial government ⓘ
linked to: Tsarist government
startTime 1819 ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen → participatedIn → First Russian Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen → notableWork → Russian Antarctic expedition (1819–1821) ⓘ
subject linked to: Fabian
linked to: First Russian Antarctic Expedition
Vostok (ship) → participatedIn → First Russian Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Mount Asphyxia → discoveredBy → Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ⓘ
linked to: First Russian Antarctic Expedition