Salkay Island
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Salkay Island, or Salkay Aryta, is an island in the Laptev Sea. It is located on the western side of the Olenek Bay, about Script error: No such module "convert". to the WNW from the Olenek Delta. Its length is Script error: No such module "convert". and its maximum breadth Script error: No such module "convert".. The name of this island can be also spelt as "Salkhay" and "Salkyy".
- Only Script error: No such module "convert". to the north there is another island, Orto Ary. It is slightly smaller, Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide.
- Daldalakh is an island immediately north of Orto-Ary which is almost attached to the mainland, separated from it by a very narrow canal on its northwestern side. Daldalakh is Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide.
The area where these islands lie is subject to severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and blizzards. The sea around these islands is frozen for about nine months every year so that they all are merged with the mainland most of the time.
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