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    Stolbovoy Island

    Столбовой остров, Illa de Stolbovói, Stolbowoi

    73°56′N 136°11′E

    Stolbovoy Island (Russian: Столбовой остров) is a long and narrow island of the Sakha Republic off the southwest side of the New Siberian Islands in the eastern part of the Laptev Sea.

    Stony structures in the cliffs on Stolbovoy Island, part of the large Lena Delta resource reserve
    Stony structures in the cliffs on Stolbovoy Island, part of the large Lena Delta resource reserve

    Boris Solovyev / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Terrain

    73°56′N 136°11′E

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    Overview

    Stolbovoy Island (Russian: Столбовой остров) is a long and narrow island of the Sakha Republic off the southwest side of the New Siberian Islands in the eastern part of the Laptev Sea. It is located 184 kilometres (114 mi) away from the Siberian coast and 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Kotelny Island, being thus quite detached from the New Siberian island group. It belongs to the Lyakhovsky Islands subgroup.

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    Chart

    Nearest islands

    Also in Lyakhovsky Islands

    • Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island

      5,217 km²▲ 270 m

      Major islands

    • Maly Lyakhovsky Island

      895 km²▲ 33 m

      Major islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.14 km²▲ 3 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.14 km²▲ 2 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.12 km²▲ 3 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.1 km²▲ 2 m

      Minor islands

    • Khopto-Terer

      —

      Minor islands

    • Vasilyevsky Island

      —

      Minor islands

    Also in New Siberian Islands

    Also in Anzhu Islands

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs