Claim: Middendorff Bay, named after Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, a Russian zoologist, historian and explorer, is surrounded by bleak tundra coast and limited on its eastern side by the Zarya Peninsula.
Evidence: It was named after Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, a Russian zoologist, historian and explorer of Baltic-German origin. The Middendorff Bay is surrounded by bleak tundra coast. This bay is limited on its eastern side by the Zarya Peninsula, named after Baron Eduard von Toll's ship Zarya.