Vaigach Island

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Vaigach Island is a remote Arctic island in northern Russia, known for its tundra landscape, harsh climate, and cultural significance to the indigenous Nenets people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vaigach Island canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic island ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativelyPartOf Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
belongsTo Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
contains Nenets sacred sites ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
hasClimate Arctic climate ⓘ
harsh climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineType low-lying coasts ⓘ
rocky shores ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Nenets people ⓘ
linked to: Nenets
hasEcosystem Arctic tundra ⓘ
hasFauna Arctic fox ⓘ
reindeer ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasFlora lichens ⓘ
low shrubs ⓘ
mosses ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Nenets ⓘ
hasLandscape tundra ⓘ
hasPermafrost continuous permafrost ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Nenets people ⓘ
linked to: Nenets
hasSeaIce seasonal sea ice ⓘ
hasSeasonality long winters ⓘ
short cool summers ⓘ
hasStatus remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
knownFor indigenous sacred sites ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
tundra landscape ⓘ
languageUsedByIndigenous Nenets language ⓘ
locatedBetween Kara Gate Strait ⓘ
linked to: Kara Strait

Pechora Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
European Russia ⓘ
Far North of Russia ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Pechora River estuary ⓘ
linked to: Pechora River delta
locatedSouthOf Novaya Zemlya ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
partOf Arctic tundra ecoregion ⓘ
separates Barents Sea ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Nenets people ⓘ
linked to: Nenets
usedFor reindeer herding ⓘ
traditional Nenets migration routes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nenets Autonomous Okrug → contains → Vaigach Island ⓘ