October Revolution Island

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October Revolution Island is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in the Russian Arctic, known for its extensive glaciation and remote polar environment.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
October Revolution Island canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
administrativeDivision Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District ⓘ
archipelago Severnaya Zemlya ⓘ
area about 14000 square kilometres ⓘ
about 5400 square miles ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
discoveredBy Boris Vilkitsky ⓘ
discoveryExpedition Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition ⓘ
discoveryYear 1913 ⓘ
ecosystem Arctic tundra ⓘ
polar desert ⓘ
feature extensive glaciation ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ
ice domes ⓘ
polar desert ⓘ
formerName Bolshoy Island ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Kara Sea ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ
hasGlacier Karpinsky Glacier ⓘ
Rusanov Glacier ⓘ
University Glacier ⓘ
hasIceCap Karpinsky Ice Cap ⓘ
Leningrad Ice Cap ⓘ
Vavilov Ice Cap ⓘ
highestPoint about 965 metres above sea level ⓘ
largestIslandOf Severnaya Zemlya ⓘ
latitude approximately 79 degrees north ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Russian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Severnaya Zemlya ⓘ
longitude approximately 97 degrees east ⓘ
namedAfter October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
partOf Krasnoyarsk Krai ⓘ
population 0 permanent inhabitants ⓘ
seaIceCoverage permanent or near-permanent ⓘ
separatedBy Red Army Strait ⓘ
Shokalsky Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom Bolshevik Island ⓘ
Komsomolets Island ⓘ
strategicImportance Arctic research ⓘ
Russian Arctic presence ⓘ
timeZone Krasnoyarsk Time ⓘ
uninhabited true ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Severnaya Zemlya → hasIsland → October Revolution Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Severnaya Zemlya → largestIsland → October Revolution Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Bolshevik Island → largestIslandOfArchipelago → October Revolution Island ⓘ