Bungeland

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Bungeland
Satellite image: Bungelands (center, light brown) dark brown Kotelny Island on the left, Faddejewski Island on the right
Satellite image: Bungelands (center, light brown)
dark brown Kotelny Island on the left, Faddejewski Island on the right
Waters Arctic Ocean
Geographical location 75 ° 25 '  N , 141 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 75 ° 25 '  N , 141 ° 1'  E
Bungeland (Republic of Sakha)
Bungeland
surface 6th 200  km²
Location within the Anjou Islands
Location within the Anjou Islands

The Bungeland ( Russian Земля Бунге , Semlja Bunge , Yakut Бунге сирэ , Bunge sirä ) is a large sandbank in the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean . Administratively it belongs to the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) .

geography

The approximately 6,200 km² large bungeland connects as a land bridge the island of Kotelny in the west with the island of Faddejewski in the east, which makes the combined land mass with an area of ​​around 23,200 km² the fourth largest island in Russia. The six to eight meter high, vegetation-free land bridge is regularly flooded during storm tides. The bungeland is named after Alexander von Bunge , a German-Russian doctor and explorer who led an expedition to the New Siberian Islands in 1886.

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