Islands of the Arctic Institute
| Islands of the Arctic Institute | ||
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| Waters | Kara Sea | |
| Geographical location | 75 ° 20 ′ N , 82 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
| Main island | Bolshoi | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The islands of the Arctic Institute ( Russian Острова Арктического института , Ostrowa Arktitscheskogo Instituta ) are an uninhabited group of islands in the Kara Sea off the north coast of Russia . Administratively, the archipelago belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Territory . The islands were discovered in 1932 as part of the Soviet polar expedition led by Otto Juljewitsch Schmidt with the icebreaker Alexander Sibirjakow and named after the Arctic Institute of the USSR (today " Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ").
geography
The islands of the Arctic Institute are located around 150 km northwest of the Siberian coast and 45 km south of the Izvestia ZIK islands . The group consists of a large main island ( Ostrow Bolshoi ) and three smaller islands. The main island extends almost 40 km in a north-south direction and is up to 18 km wide. Numerous spits - especially in the west of the main island - enclose several lagoons . The islands are consistently flat and reach a height of only 25 m above sea level. The islands of the Arctic Institute are part of the Bolshoi Arktitscheski Sapovednik , ( Russian Большой Арктический государственный природный заповедник ), the largest nature reserve in Russia.
Individual evidence
- ^ Page of the Bolshoi Arktitscheski Sapowednik ( Memento of February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Web links
- About the polar expedition of 1932 (Russian)