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Khariton Laptev
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Khariton Laptev

Russian explorer
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Khariton Laptev was a Russian explorer who participated in the Great Northern Expedition from 1733 to 1742. This expedition aimed to map the northern sea route to the East and charted a significant portion of the Arctic coast of Siberia. Laptev, along with his cousin Dmitry, charted the Siberian coast from the Taymyr Peninsula to the Kolyma River. The Laptev Sea, an arm of the Arctic Ocean in Russia, is named after him and his cousin.12

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  1. Great Northern Expedition
  2. Laptev Sea
  3. Fyodor Petrovich, Count Litke

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