Russian Arctic islands

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The Russian Arctic islands are a number of islands groups and sole islands scattered around the Arctic Ocean.

Geography

The islands are all situated within the Arctic Circle and are scattered through the marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, namely, the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea. The area extends some Script error: No such module "convert". from Karelia in the west to the Chukchi Peninsula in the east.[1]

The largest of the Arctic islands is Severny Island, with an area of about Script error: No such module "convert".. It is Russia's second largest island next to Sakhalin Island, and the fourth largest island in Europe.

History

The Russian Empire officially claimed the Arctic islands to its north in a Note of the Russian Government of 20 September 1916 - this covered the islands of Henrietta, Jeannette, Bennett, Herald, Edinenie, New Siberia, Wrangel, Novaya Zemlya, Kolguev, Vaigach and others.[2] On 15 April 1926, the Soviet Union reaffirmed this claim.[2]

Islands

The area includes from west to east:[1][3]

  • Victoria Island (Остров Виктория; Ostrov Viktoriya), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца Иосифа; Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Zemlya Georga (Земля Георга, Zemlya Georga), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Wilczek Land (Земля Вильчека; Zemlya Vil'cheka), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Graham Bell Island, (Остров Греэм-Белл, Ostrov Graham Bell), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Alexandra Land (Земля Александры, Zemlya Aleksandry), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Hall Island (Arctic) (Остров Галля, Ostrov Gallya), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Salisbury Island (Остров Солсбери; Ostrov Solsberi), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Kolguyev Island (о́стров Колгу́ев, Ostrov Kolguev), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Novaya Zemlya (Новая Земля, Novaya Zemlya), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Severny Island (остров Сeверный, Severny ostrov), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Yuzhny Island ( Южный остров, Yuzhny ostrov), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Vaygach Island, Вайгaч, Vaygach), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Bely Island, (Остров Белый, Ostrov Beliy), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Shokalsky Island, (Остров Шокальского, Ostrov Shokal'skogo), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Vilkitsky Island (Kara Sea), (Остров Вильки́цкого; Ostrov Vil'kitskogo), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Oleniy Island, (Остров Олений, Ostrov Oleniy), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Zapovednik Islands (Острова Заповедник), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Dikson - Sibiryakov Islands, (Диксон-Сибиряковский острова), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • The Kara Sea Islands, (Острова Карского моря), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Nordenskiöld Archipelago (Архипелаг Норденшельда, Arkhipelag Nordenshel'da), about Script error: No such module "convert".
      • Litke Islands (острова Литке; Ostrova Litke)
      • Tsivolko Islands (острова Циволько; Ostrova Tsivolko)
      • Pakhatusov Islands (острова Пахтусова; Ostrova Pakhtusova)
      • Vostochnyye Islands (Восточные острова; Ostrova Vostochnyye, Eastern Islands)
      • Vilkitsky Islands (острова Вилькицкого, Ostrova Vilkitskogo)
      • Lafetenyye and Prolifnyye Islands (Ostrova Lafetnyye i Prolivnyye)
  • Vize Island (Остров Визе, Ostrov Vize), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Ushakov Island (Остров Ушакова, Ostrov Ushakova), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Severnaya Zemlya (Северная Земля, Severnaja Zemlja), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • October Revolution Island (Остров Октябрьской Революции, Ostrov Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Bolshevik Island (о́стров Большеви́к, Ostrov Bolshevik), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Komsomolets Island (остров Комсомолец, Ostrov Komsomolets), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Pioneer Island (остров Пионeр, Ostrov Pioner), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Bolshoy Begichev Island, (Большой Бегичев, Bolshoy Begichev), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • New Siberian Islands (Новосиби́рские острова, Novosibirskiye Ostrova), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Anzhu Islands (Острова Анжу, Ostrova Anzhu), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • De Long Islands (Острова Де-Лонга, Ostrova De-Longa), about Script error: No such module "convert".
    • Lyakhovsky Islands (Ляховские острова, Ostrova Lyakhovskiye), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Medvezhyi Islands (Медвежьи острова, Medvezhyi ostrova), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Ayon Island (Айон, Ayon), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Wrangel Island (остров Врaнгеля, Ostrov Vrangelya), about Script error: No such module "convert".
  • Big Diomede (остров Ратманова, Ostrov Ratmanova), about Script error: No such module "convert".

References

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  3. ↑ [1] Template:Webarchive, Islands Web Site

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  • Islands of the Arctic, by J. A. Dowdeswell and M. J. Hambrey. Template:ISBN, Cambridge University Press, 2002

External links

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