Anjou Islands

Anjou Islands
	Location of the Anjou Islands
Waters	Arctic Ocean
archipelago	New Siberian Islands
Geographical location	75 ° 29 ' N , 143 ° 3' E Coordinates: 75 ° 29 ' N , 143 ° 3' E
Number of islands	5
Main island	Kotelny
Total land area	29,900 km²
Residents	uninhabited

The Anjou Islands , often also Anzhu Islands , ( Russian Острова Анжу , scientific transliteration Ostrova Anžu , Yakut Анжу арыылара , Anzhu aryylara ) are the central archipelagos of the New Siberian Islands belonging to Russia .

The main island is Kotelny ( Остров Котельный ), the largest island of the New Siberian Islands with 11,665 km², which is connected to the Faddeevsky Island ( Остров Фаддеевский , 5,300 km²) via the bungeland (6,200 km²) . Other islands are New Siberia ( Новая Сибирь , approx. 6,200 km²) and the Belkowski Island ( Бельковский остров , approx. 500 km²).

The Russian trader Ivan Lyachow was probably the first European to visit Kotelny from 1772–1773, Jakow Sannikow discovered Faddejewski Island in 1805, and from 1808–1810 he explored the islands together with Mathias von Hedenström . During this expedition the other islands were also discovered and mapped. In 1820 Pyotr Fyodorowitsch Anjou mapped the area. The archipelago was named after him.

In the north of the Anjou Islands the phantom island " Sannikow-Land " was suspected for a long time , Gedenstrom suspected an approach to an ice-free zone of the Arctic Ocean north of the island group .

Web links

Article Anjou Islands in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)