# Bulkur

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**Bulkur** (Russian: Булкур) is a river of the [Sakha Republic](/source/Sakha_Republic) in northern [Russia](/source/Russia), approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of [Tiksi](/source/Tiksi).[1] It is a minor left tributary of the [Lena](/source/Lena_(river)), located near where the river empties into the [Laptev Sea](/source/Laptev_Sea) forming a wide delta. It is 41 kilometres (25 mi) long.[2]

## Course

The river has its sources in the [Chekanovsky Ridge](/source/Chekanovsky_Ridge). It flows roughly northeastwards across [Bulunsky District](/source/Bulunsky_District), north of the [Eyekit](/source/Eyekit). Finally it meets the left bank of the Lena 68 km (42 mi) from its mouth.[3]

## History

In 1881 the area was visited by Swedish explorers. They described it as follows:

"Situated near the point where the Lena, after having cut its way through the Verkoyansky mountain chain, empties its gigantic masses of water through a large number of canals into the Polar Sea, this place affords a beautiful view in its wild grandeur."[4]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Russia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Russia)

## References

1. [Hutchinson Encyclopedia](/source/Hutchinson_Encyclopedia), 1988

1. [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth)

1. ["The Search for Andree"](http://ku-prism.org/polarscientist/andreemystery/Oct161898nyTribune.htm) (reprinted from *New York Tribune*, 16 October 1898). *Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements (PRISM)*. University of Kansas, et al. 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

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