Severnaya Zemlya archipelago

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The Severnaya Zemlya archipelago is a remote group of Arctic islands in northern Russia, known as one of the last major archipelagos on Earth to be explored and mapped.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic archipelago
archipelago
administratedBy Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
area about 37,000 square kilometers
belongsTo Eurasian continent shelf
climate polar climate
coordinatesApprox around 79°N latitude
country Russia
discoveredBy Boris Vilkitsky
Russian Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition
discoveryYear 1913
explorationEra early 20th century
hasFeature extensive glaciation
ice caps
tundra landscape
hasGlacier Academy of Sciences Glacier
hasIceCap Komsomolets Island ice cap
hasIsland Bolshevik Island
Komsomolets Island
October Revolution Island
Pioneer Island
Schmidt Island
hasSettlement research stations
knownFor being one of the last major archipelagos on Earth to be explored and mapped
largestIsland October Revolution Island
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Russian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
mappingCompleted 1930s
ocean Arctic Ocean
originalName Taymyr Islands
partOf High Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets District
population very sparsely populated
renamedInHonorOf Soviet North
renamedYear 1926
sea Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
secondLargestIsland Bolshevik Island
separates Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
strategicImportance Arctic navigation and research
thirdLargestIsland Komsomolets Island
timeZone Krasnoyarsk Time
usedFor Arctic scientific research

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Laptev Sea boundedBy Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Kara Sea borderedBy Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Kara Sea hasIslandGroup Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Soviet Arctic expeditions mainRegion Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Northern Sea Route region passesNear Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Severnaya Zemlya originalName Taymyr Islands
subject linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Nordenskiöld Archipelago locatedNear Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Vilkitsky Strait separates Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Vilkitsky Strait near Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Ivory gull breedingRange Severnaya Zemlya
linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago