De Long Islands

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De Long Islands
Bennett Island, the main island
Bennett Island , the main island
Waters Arctic Ocean
archipelago New Siberian Islands
Geographical location 76 ° 39 ′  N , 153 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 76 ° 39 ′  N , 153 ° 39 ′  E
Map of De Long Islands
Number of islands 5
Main island Bennett Island
Total land area 243 km²
Residents uninhabited
Map of the De Long Islands (English spellings)
Map of the De Long Islands
(English spellings)

The De Long Islands ( Russian Острова Де-Лонга / Ostrowa De-Longa , Yakut Де Лоҥ арыылара / De Long aryylara ) are an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean . Geographically they are considered part of the New Siberian Islands , administratively they belong to the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

The uninhabited islands were discovered during an expedition by the American polar explorer George W. DeLong at the end of the 19th century. They consist of five main islands, namely Bennett Island ( Остров Беннетта ), Henrietta Island ( Остров Генриетты ), Jeannette Island ( Остров Жаннетты ) as well as the two not until 1913 and 1914 during the "Arctic Ocean" expedition under the Arctic Ocean under the direction of Boris Wilkizki discovered islands Wilkizki Island ( Остров Вилькицкого ) and Shokhov Island ( Остров Жохова ).

The islands are all around 77 degrees north latitude and 155 degrees east longitude . The Bennett, Henrietta and Jeannette Islands are partially glaciated . The total area of ​​the islands is 243  km² , the glacier 80.6 km².

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

island Cyrillic Area
(km²)		 Coordinates
Bennett Остров Беннетта 150 ! 648.9833335576.700000576 ° 42 '  N , 148 ° 59'  E
Henrietta Остров Генриетты 12 ! 656.5666675577.090278577 ° 05 '  N , 156 ° 34'  E
Jeannette Остров Жаннетты 3.3 ! 658.0911115576.789444576 ° 47 '  N , 158 ° 05'  E
Shokhov Остров Жохова 77 ! 652.7166675576.150000576 ° 09 '  N , 152 ° 43'  E
Wilkizki Остров Вилькицкого 1.5 ! 652.4602785575.712500575 ° 43 '  N , 152 ° 28'  E

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrey F. Glazovskiy: Russian Arctic , chap. 2.7 in: Jacek Jania, Jon Ove Hagen (eds.): Mass Balance of Arctic Glaciers (PDF; 132 kB), IASC Report No. 5, Sosnowiec-Oslo 1996 (English).