Chizha test range
# Chizha test range

Chizha test range (Russian: полигон "Чижа") is a missile test range on the Kanin Peninsula in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in northern Russia.

The village of Chizha is located on the River Chizha, which flows into the Barents Sea on the west side of the Kanin Peninsula. There is an aerodrome nearby and a monitoring station located at 67°4′11″N 44°18′21″E﻿ / ﻿67.06972°N 44.30583°E﻿ / 67.06972; 44.30583. Chizha test range is described as being on the tip of Cape Kanin, which is 68°39′25″N 43°16′24″E﻿ / ﻿68.65694°N 43.27333°E﻿ / 68.65694; 43.27333, 180 kilometres (110 mi) to the north.

On 19 October 2012 an R-29R Submarine-launched ballistic missile was launched from the Delta III class submarine K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets towards the test range at Chizha. The submarine was in the Sea of Okhotsk, near the Pacific Ocean, over 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) away.

The same submarine had previously launched a missile towards Chizha on 28 October 2010, and on 9 October 2009.

