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    Novaya Zemlya

    Новая Земля

    Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island, considered the easternmost point of Europe.

    Inostranseva Glacier (Inostrantseva Bay, Northern Island of Nowaya Semlya Archipelago, Russia; 76°30’N, 66°5’E)
    Inostranseva Glacier (Inostrantseva Bay, Northern Island of Nowaya Semlya Archipelago, Russia; 76°30’N, 66°5’E)

    Ansgar Walk / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    193 landforms

    Overview

    Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island, considered the easternmost point of Europe. To Novaya Zemlya's west lies the Barents Sea and to the east is the Kara Sea. The name literally translates to 'new land' or 'new Earth' in the Russian language. Novaya Zemlya consists of two main islands, the northern Severny Island and the southern Yuzhny Island, which are separated by the Matochkin Strait. Administratively, it is incorporated as Novaya Zemlya District, one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Novaya Zemlya Urban Okrug. Novaya Zemlya was a sensitive military area during the Cold War, and parts of it are still used for airfields today. The Soviet Air Force maintained a presence at Rogachevo on the southern part of the southern island, on the westernmost peninsula (71.61787°N 52.47884°E / 71.61787; 52.47884). It was used primarily for interceptor aircraft operations, but also provided logistical support for the nearby nuclear test area. Novaya Zemlya was one of the two major nuclear test sites managed by the USSR along with the Semipalatinsk Test Site; it was used for air drops and underground testing of the largest of Soviet nuclear bombs, in particular the 30 October 1961 air burst explosion of Tsar Bomba, the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands64
    • Islets61
    • Rocks & skerries66

    Major islands

    2
    • Severny Island

      Severny Island

      Area
      45,771 km²
      High point
      1,549 m

      Severny Island (Russian: Се́верный о́стров, romanized: Severnyy ostrov, lit. 'Northern Island') is a Russian Arctic island. It is the northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.

    • Yuzhny Island

      Yuzhny Island

      Area
      32,734 km²
      High point
      1,291 m

      Yuzhny Island (Russian: Южный остров, romanized: Yuzhniy ostrov, lit. 'southern island') is the southern island of Russia's Novaya Zemlya archipelago, lying north of mainland Russia.

    Minor islands

    64

    • Mezhdusharsky Island

      Area
      718 km²
      High point
      92 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      70 km²
      High point
      106 m

    • Kusov Land

      Area
      63.9 km²
      High point
      57 m

    • Berch Island

      Area
      29.6 km²
      High point
      198 m

    • Ostrov Bol’shoy Oleniy

      Area
      23.5 km²
      High point
      56 m

    • Sobachy

      Area
      22.6 km²
      High point
      59 m

    • Pichutin Island

      Area
      16.8 km²
      High point
      213 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      16 km²
      High point
      38 m

    • Pakhtusov Island

      Area
      12.9 km²
      High point
      69 m

    • Cywolka Island

      Area
      12.7 km²
      High point
      57 m

    • Ostrov Tertyre

      Area
      11.9 km²
      High point
      152 m

    • Ostrov Malyy Oleniy

      Area
      9.9 km²
      High point
      39 m

    • Promyslovy Island

      Area
      7.5 km²
      High point
      73 m

    • Pinegin Island

      Area
      7.1 km²
      High point
      34 m

    • Nazimov Island

      Area
      6.9 km²
      High point
      33 m

    • Ostrov Glotova

      Area
      6 km²
      High point
      33 m

    • Mityushyov Island

      Area
      5.8 km²
      High point
      85 m

    • Ostrov Timofeyeva

      Area
      5.7 km²
      High point
      39 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      4.4 km²
      High point
      45 m

    • Ostrov Taynyy

      Area
      4.4 km²
      High point
      52 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      3.2 km²
      High point
      48 m

    • Ostrov Pukhovyy

      Area
      3.1 km²
      High point
      26 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      3 km²
      High point
      48 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      2.8 km²
      High point
      28 m

    • Ostrov Ozernoy

      Area
      1.3 km²
      High point
      18 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      1.3 km²
      High point
      20 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      1.3 km²
      High point
      52 m

    • Ostrov Dvoynoy

      Area
      1.2 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Bogaty

      Area
      1.2 km²
      High point
      43 m

    • Ostrov Gorn

      Area
      1.2 km²
      High point
      53 m

    • Wrangel Island

      Area
      0.91 km²
      High point
      29 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.42 km²
      High point
      42 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.4 km²
      High point
      37 m

    • Остров Красный

      Area
      0.32 km²
      High point
      17 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.3 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.28 km²
      High point
      18 m

    • Vesenny

      Area
      0.28 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Krylataya

      Area
      0.27 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.24 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Dalny

      Area
      0.23 km²
      High point
      27 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.23 km²
      High point
      29 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.23 km²
      High point
      20 m

    • Bezvodny

      Area
      0.22 km²
      High point
      33 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.22 km²
      High point
      12 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.21 km²
      High point
      27 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      14 m

    • Остров Красный

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.18 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Shelbach Island

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      30 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      14 m

    • Октавина

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      20 m

    • Ostrov Treskina

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      14 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Цветной

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      31 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      22 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.1 km²
      High point
      10 m

    • Heemskerch Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Kamen

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Medved

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Pankratyev Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Severny Krestovy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • William Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    Islets

    61
    • Unnamed island13 m · 0.1 km²
    • Unnamed island28 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island8 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island11 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island19 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island1 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island12 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island13 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island10 m · 0.02 km²

    Rocks & skerries

    66
    • Unnamed island19 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island22 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island18 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island14 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island17 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island14 m · 0.01 km²
    • Первая Луда10 m · 0.9 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level500 m1,000 m1,500 m2,000 m1,549 mSeverny1,291 mYuzhny213 mPichutin198 mBerch152 mOstrov Tertyre92 mMezhdusharsky85 mMityushyov73 mPromyslovy69 mPakhtusov59 mSobachy57 mKusov Land57 mCywolka56 mOstrov Bol’shoy Oleniy53 mOstrov Gorn
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.11101001,00010,000100,000Severny: 45,771 km²SevernyYuzhny: 32,734 km²YuzhnyMezhdusharsky: 718 km²MezhdusharskyUnnamed island: 70 km²Unnamed islandKusov Land: 63.9 km²Kusov LandBerch: 29.6 km²BerchOstrov Bol’shoy Oleniy: 23.5 km²Ostrov Bol’shoy O…Sobachy: 22.6 km²SobachyPichutin: 16.8 km²PichutinUnnamed island: 16 km²Unnamed islandPakhtusov: 12.9 km²PakhtusovCywolka: 12.7 km²CywolkaOstrov Tertyre: 11.9 km²Ostrov TertyreOstrov Malyy Oleniy: 9.9 km²Ostrov Malyy Olen…Promyslovy: 7.5 km²PromyslovyPinegin: 7.1 km²PineginNazimov: 6.9 km²NazimovOstrov Glotova: 6 km²Ostrov GlotovaMityushyov: 5.8 km²MityushyovOstrov Timofeyeva: 5.7 km²Ostrov TimofeyevaUnnamed island: 4.4 km²Unnamed islandOstrov Taynyy: 4.4 km²Ostrov TaynyyUnnamed island: 3.2 km²Unnamed islandOstrov Pukhovyy: 3.1 km²Ostrov PukhovyyUnnamed island: 3 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 2.8 km²Unnamed islandOstrov Ozernoy: 1.3 km²Ostrov OzernoyUnnamed island: 1.3 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 1.3 km²Unnamed islandOstrov Dvoynoy: 1.2 km²Ostrov DvoynoyBogaty: 1.2 km²BogatyOstrov Gorn: 1.2 km²Ostrov GornWrangel: 0.91 km²WrangelUnnamed island: 0.42 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 km²Unnamed islandОстров Красный: 0.32 km²Остров КрасныйUnnamed island: 0.3 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.28 km²Unnamed islandVesenny: 0.28 km²VesennyKrylataya: 0.27 km²Krylataya
    km², log scale. 6 without a known area.
    Severny Island45,771 km²
    Yuzhny Island32,734 km²
    Mezhdusharsky Island718 km²
    Unnamed island70 km²
    Kusov Land63.9 km²
    Berch Island29.6 km²
    Ostrov Bol’shoy Oleniy23.5 km²
    Sobachy22.6 km²
    Pichutin Island16.8 km²
    Unnamed island16 km²
    Pakhtusov Island12.9 km²
    Cywolka Island12.7 km²
    Ostrov Tertyre11.9 km²
    Ostrov Malyy Oleniy9.9 km²
    Promyslovy Island7.5 km²
    Pinegin Island7.1 km²
    Nazimov Island6.9 km²
    Ostrov Glotova6 km²
    Mityushyov Island5.8 km²
    Ostrov Timofeyeva5.7 km²
    Unnamed island4.4 km²
    Ostrov Taynyy4.4 km²
    Unnamed island3.2 km²
    Ostrov Pukhovyy3.1 km²
    Unnamed island3 km²
    Unnamed island2.8 km²
    Ostrov Ozernoy1.3 km²
    Unnamed island1.3 km²
    Unnamed island1.3 km²
    Ostrov Dvoynoy1.2 km²
    Bogaty1.2 km²
    Ostrov Gorn1.2 km²
    Wrangel Island0.91 km²
    Unnamed island0.42 km²
    Unnamed island0.4 km²
    Остров Красный0.32 km²
    Unnamed island0.3 km²
    Unnamed island0.28 km²
    Vesenny0.28 km²
    Krylataya0.27 km²
    Unnamed island0.24 km²
    Dalny0.23 km²
    Unnamed island0.23 km²
    Unnamed island0.23 km²
    Bezvodny0.22 km²
    Unnamed island0.22 km²
    Unnamed island0.21 km²
    Unnamed island0.19 km²
    Остров Красный0.19 km²
    Unnamed island0.18 km²
    Shelbach Island0.17 km²
    Unnamed island0.17 km²
    Октавина0.16 km²
    Ostrov Treskina0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Цветной0.13 km²
    Unnamed island0.13 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Песчаный0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    остров Хабарова0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island1 ha
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Первая Луда0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
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    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Вторая Луда0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
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    Groups within

    2

    Overlapping groups

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

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