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    79°45′N 98°15′E

    Severnaya Zemlya

    Северная Земля

    Severnaya Zemlya is a 37,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east.

    Krenkel Bay (Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia; 80°30'N, 96°44'E)
    Krenkel Bay (Komsomolets Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia; 80°30'N, 96°44'E)

    Ansgar Walk / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    217 landforms

    Overview

    Severnaya Zemlya is a 37,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east. Severnaya Zemlya was first discovered in 1913 and first charted in 1930–1932, making it the last sizeable archipelago on Earth to be discovered and mapped. Administratively, the islands form part of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai. In Soviet times there were a number of research stations in different locations, but currently there are no human inhabitants in Severnaya Zemlya, except for the Prima Polar Station near Cape Baranov. The largest glacier in the Russian Federation, the Academy of Sciences Glacier, is located in Severnaya Zemlya. Until recently, ice joined the islands to Eurasia, even at its smallest extent during the late summer melt season, blocking the Northeast Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific. By the late summer of 2012, however, due to Arctic sea ice decline the permanent ice had reached a record low extent and open water appeared to the south of the archipelago.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands4
    • Minor islands140
    • Islets45
    • Rocks & skerries28

    Major islands

    4
    • October Revolution Island

      October Revolution Island

      Area
      14,212 km²
      High point
      965 m

      October Revolution Island (Russian: остров Октябрьской Революции, ostrov Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii) is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in Russia in the Arctic. It is named after the October Revolution which overthrew the Russian Republic and created the communist Soviet Union in its place.

    • Bolshevik Island

      Bolshevik Island

      Area
      11,289 km²
      High point
      855 m

      Bolshevik Island is an island in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Arctic. The island is named after the political faction of the Soviet Union.

    • Komsomolets Island

      Komsomolets Island

      Area
      8,887 km²
      High point
      783 m

      Komsomolets Island (Russian: остров Комсомолец) is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest island in the group. It is the 82nd largest island on earth.

    • Pioneer Island

      Pioneer Island

      Area
      1,530 km²
      High point
      409 m

      Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic.

    Minor islands

    140

    • Schmidt Island

      Area
      397 km²
      High point
      346 m

    • Maly Taymyr Island

      Area
      243 km²
      High point
      30 m

    • Starokadomsky Island

      Area
      106 km²
      High point
      39 m

    • Krupskaya Island

      Area
      101 km²
      High point
      49 m

    • Vostochny

      Area
      61.5 km²
      High point
      51 m

    • Naydyonysh

      Area
      36.2 km²
      High point
      46 m

    • Sredny

      Area
      18.2 km²
      High point
      31 m

    • Bolshoy Izvestnyakovy

      Area
      17.3 km²
      High point
      70 m

    • Lishny Island

      Area
      13.2 km²
      High point
      27 m

    • Samoylovich Island

      Area
      12.7 km²
      High point
      43 m

    • Arngold Island

      Area
      12 km²
      High point
      42 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      9.8 km²
      High point
      56 m

    • Sverdlov Island

      Area
      5.2 km²
      High point
      53 m

    • Surovy

      Area
      4.8 km²
      High point
      16 m

    • Bolshoy

      Area
      4.5 km²
      High point
      31 m

    • Yuzhny

      Area
      4.1 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Golomyanny

      Area
      3.8 km²
      High point
      25 m

    • Storozhevoy

      Area
      2.6 km²
      High point
      73 m

    • Стрела

      Area
      2.6 km²
      High point
      23 m

    • Sukhoy

      Area
      2.5 km²
      High point
      30 m

    • Machtovy

      Area
      2.5 km²
      High point
      102 m

    • Obmanny

      Area
      2.4 km²
      High point
      16 m

    • Blizhny

      Area
      2.3 km²
      High point
      47 m

    • Domashny

      Area
      2.2 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Средний

      Area
      2.2 km²
      High point
      25 m

    • Krugly

      Area
      2 km²
      High point
      56 m

    • Vollosovich Island

      Area
      1.9 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Greben

      Area
      1.8 km²
      High point
      37 m

    • Kashtanka Island

      Area
      1.7 km²
      High point
      9 m

    • Slity

      Area
      1.5 km²
      High point
      3 m

    • Ozyorny

      Area
      1.5 km²
      High point
      3 m

    • Shar

      Area
      1.4 km²
      High point
      9 m

    • Otkryty

      Area
      1.3 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Koshki

      Area
      1.3 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Nizky

      Area
      1.2 km²
      High point
      10 m

    • Gorbaty

      Area
      1.2 km²
      High point
      45 m

    • Razdelny

      Area
      1 km²
      High point
      4 m

    • Olen'i

      Area
      1 km²
      High point
      30 m

    • Two Comrades Island

      Area
      1 km²

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.99 km²
      High point
      24 m

    • Poteryanny

      Area
      0.87 km²
      High point
      8 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.83 km²
      High point
      2 m

    • Peregrazhdayuschy

      Area
      0.83 km²
      High point
      36 m

    • Oktyabryonok

      Area
      0.79 km²
      High point
      9 m

    • Lagerny

      Area
      0.78 km²
      High point
      20 m

    • Plosky

      Area
      0.71 km²
      High point
      26 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.7 km²
      High point
      26 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.69 km²
      High point
      29 m

    • Utyonok

      Area
      0.6 km²
      High point
      10 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.6 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Kolokol

      Area
      0.59 km²
      High point
      10 m

    • Izmenchivy

      Area
      0.58 km²
      High point
      2 m

    • Северный

      Area
      0.54 km²
      High point
      8 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.53 km²
      High point
      21 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.51 km²
      High point
      16 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.49 km²
      High point
      8 m

    • Glavny

      Area
      0.47 km²
      High point
      4 m

    • Малыш

      Area
      0.42 km²
      High point
      22 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.42 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Kommunar

      Area
      0.38 km²
      High point
      7 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.34 km²
      High point
      16 m

    • Krayny

      Area
      0.33 km²
      High point
      4 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.33 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Zabor

      Area
      0.33 km²
      High point
      5 m

    • Peregradnaya

      Area
      0.33 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.32 km²
      High point
      3 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.32 km²
      High point
      3 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.3 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.3 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.28 km²
      High point
      10 m

    • Vesenny

      Area
      0.28 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.28 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Krylataya

      Area
      0.27 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.25 km²
      High point
      10 m

    • Буян

      Area
      0.21 km²
      High point
      17 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      2 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.18 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Базар

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      17 m

    • Хлебный

      Area
      0.17 km²
      High point
      30 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      2 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      3 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.16 km²
      High point
      56 m

    • Khitry

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      9 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      4 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.15 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Северный

      Area
      0.14 km²
      High point
      18 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.14 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      15 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      3 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      1 m

    • Sredny

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      8 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      12 m

    • Maly Island

      Area
      0.1 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Bazar

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Bazovy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Blizky

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Blizky Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Bolshoy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Buyan

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Chasovoy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Chervyak

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Chistikov

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Chyorny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Figurny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Glinisty

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Kaplya

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Khlebny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Klin

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Kolobok

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Korga

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Kosisty

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Lavrov Island

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Ldinka

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Lineyny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Lopastnoy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Malysh

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Morennye Islands

      Area
      —
      High point
      11 m

      size unknown

    • Morskoy

      Area
      —
      High point
      7 m

      size unknown

    • Nezametny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Nizky

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Novik

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Novy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Poputny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Povorotny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Pustoy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Raketa

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Severny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Severny

      Area
      —
      High point
      23 m

      size unknown

    • Severny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Sportivny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Sredny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Stereguschy

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Strela

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Trudny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Vostochny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Vysoky

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Yuzhny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Zabyty

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    • Zapadny

      Area
      —

      size unknown

    Rocks & skerries

    28

    On the chart above, at its closest zooms.

    Listing 144 of 217; the rest are on the chart.

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level500 m1,000 m965 mOctober Revolution855 mBolshevik783 mKomsomolets409 mPioneer346 mSchmidt102 mMachtovy73 mStorozhevoy70 mBolshoy Izvestnyakovy56 mKrugly53 mSverdlov51 mVostochny49 mKrupskaya47 mBlizhny46 mNaydyonysh
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.11101001,00010,000100,000October Revolution: 14,212 km²October RevolutionBolshevik: 11,289 km²BolshevikKomsomolets: 8,887 km²KomsomoletsPioneer: 1,530 km²PioneerSchmidt: 397 km²SchmidtMaly Taymyr: 243 km²Maly TaymyrStarokadomsky: 106 km²StarokadomskyKrupskaya: 101 km²KrupskayaVostochny: 61.5 km²VostochnyNaydyonysh: 36.2 km²NaydyonyshSredny: 18.2 km²SrednyBolshoy Izvestnyakovy: 17.3 km²Bolshoy Izvestnya…Lishny: 13.2 km²LishnySamoylovich: 12.7 km²SamoylovichArngold: 12 km²ArngoldUnnamed island: 9.8 km²Unnamed islandSverdlov: 5.2 km²SverdlovSurovy: 4.8 km²SurovyBolshoy: 4.5 km²BolshoyYuzhny: 4.1 km²YuzhnyGolomyanny: 3.8 km²GolomyannyStorozhevoy: 2.6 km²StorozhevoyСтрела: 2.6 km²СтрелаSukhoy: 2.5 km²SukhoyMachtovy: 2.5 km²MachtovyObmanny: 2.4 km²ObmannyBlizhny: 2.3 km²BlizhnyDomashny: 2.2 km²DomashnyСредний: 2.2 km²СреднийKrugly: 2 km²KruglyVollosovich: 1.9 km²VollosovichGreben: 1.8 km²GrebenKashtanka: 1.7 km²KashtankaSlity: 1.5 km²SlityOzyorny: 1.5 km²OzyornyShar: 1.4 km²SharOtkryty: 1.3 km²OtkrytyKoshki: 1.3 km²KoshkiNizky: 1.2 km²NizkyGorbaty: 1.2 km²Gorbaty
    km², log scale. 46 without a known area.
    October Revolution Island14,212 km²
    Bolshevik Island11,289 km²
    Komsomolets Island8,887 km²
    Pioneer Island1,530 km²
    Schmidt Island397 km²
    Maly Taymyr Island243 km²
    Starokadomsky Island106 km²
    Krupskaya Island101 km²
    Vostochny61.5 km²
    Naydyonysh36.2 km²
    Sredny18.2 km²
    Bolshoy Izvestnyakovy17.3 km²
    Lishny Island13.2 km²
    Samoylovich Island12.7 km²
    Arngold Island12 km²
    Unnamed island9.8 km²
    Sverdlov Island5.2 km²
    Surovy4.8 km²
    Bolshoy4.5 km²
    Yuzhny4.1 km²
    Golomyanny3.8 km²
    Storozhevoy2.6 km²
    Стрела2.6 km²
    Sukhoy2.5 km²
    Machtovy2.5 km²
    Obmanny2.4 km²
    Blizhny2.3 km²
    Domashny2.2 km²
    Средний2.2 km²
    Krugly2 km²
    Vollosovich Island1.9 km²
    Greben1.8 km²
    Kashtanka Island1.7 km²
    Slity1.5 km²
    Ozyorny1.5 km²
    Shar1.4 km²
    Otkryty1.3 km²
    Koshki1.3 km²
    Nizky1.2 km²
    Gorbaty1.2 km²
    Razdelny1 km²
    Olen'i1 km²
    Two Comrades Island1 km²
    Unnamed island0.99 km²
    Poteryanny0.87 km²
    Unnamed island0.83 km²
    Peregrazhdayuschy0.83 km²
    Oktyabryonok0.79 km²
    Lagerny0.78 km²
    Plosky0.71 km²
    Unnamed island0.7 km²
    Unnamed island0.69 km²
    Utyonok0.6 km²
    Unnamed island0.6 km²
    Kolokol0.59 km²
    Izmenchivy0.58 km²
    Северный0.54 km²
    Unnamed island0.53 km²
    Unnamed island0.51 km²
    Unnamed island0.49 km²
    Glavny0.47 km²
    Малыш0.42 km²
    Unnamed island0.42 km²
    Kommunar0.38 km²
    Unnamed island0.34 km²
    Krayny0.33 km²
    Unnamed island0.33 km²
    Zabor0.33 km²
    Peregradnaya0.33 km²
    Unnamed island0.32 km²
    Unnamed island0.32 km²
    Unnamed island0.3 km²
    Unnamed island0.3 km²
    Unnamed island0.28 km²
    Vesenny0.28 km²
    Unnamed island0.28 km²
    Krylataya0.27 km²
    Unnamed island0.25 km²
    Буян0.21 km²
    Unnamed island0.19 km²
    Unnamed island0.18 km²
    Базар0.17 km²
    Хлебный0.17 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Unnamed island0.16 km²
    Khitry0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Unnamed island0.15 km²
    Северный0.14 km²
    Unnamed island0.14 km²
    Unnamed island0.13 km²
    Unnamed island0.13 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Sredny0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.11 km²
    Maly Island0.1 km²

    Groups within

    17

    Overlapping groups

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs