Yuny Strait

Yuny Strait (Юный пролив) is a strait in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. It is covered with ice most of the year.

History
Initially named Proliv Yungshturm (пролив Юнгштурм) after the Roter Jungsturm of the German Communist Youth, following the Great Patriotic War, its name was changed to Yuny (Youth).

Geography
The Yuny Strait is a maximum 24 km-wide strait that separates Pioneer Island from Komsomolets Island, connecting the Kara Sea in the northwest with the Red Army Strait in the southeast. It runs roughly in a northwest/southeast direction and its confluence with the Red Army Strait is located 23 km to the southwest of Cape October. The minimum width of Yuny Strait is 4 km.