Fyodor Alekseyevich Minin (Russian:Федор Алексеевич Минин) (ca. 1709 - after 1742) was a RussianArcticexplorer.
In 1730s, Minin participated in theSecond Kamchatka expedition. On January 7, 1736, he joined the unit led byDmitry Ovtsyn.[1] In 1738, he was in charge of a group of explorers, that wouldchart theArctic Ocean coastline east of theYenisei river.[2] In 1738–1740, Minin made an attempt to go around theTaimyr Peninsula from the north and reached 75°15'N. Together withDmitry Sterlegov, he mapped this part of the Arctic Ocean coastline.
A cape at theMammoth Peninsula, a peninsula, theMinina Skerries in theKara Sea, a gulf, and amountain on the shores of the Taimyr Peninsula bear Minin's name.[3]
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