October Revolution Island
October Revolution Island | ||
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Satellite image | ||
Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
Archipelago | Severnaya Zemlya | |
Geographical location | 79 ° 30 ' N , 97 ° 37' E | |
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length | 143 km | |
width | 99 km | |
surface | 14,170 km² | |
Highest elevation |
Karpinski 965 m |
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Residents | uninhabited | |
Location of the island (in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago ) |
The October Revolution Island ( Russian Остров Октябрьской Революции , Ostrow Oktjabrskoi Rewoljuzii ) is located in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Russia . With about 14,170 km² it is the largest of the Severnaya Zemlya Islands .
Administratively it belongs to the Siberian Autonomous Okrug Taimyr , which was incorporated into the Krasnoyarsk Territory on January 1, 2007 . About half of the island of the October Revolution is glaciated . The ice-free areas are occupied by tundra or almost vegetation-free polar desert. The highest point is the 965 m high Karpinski Mountain .
The island, discovered by Boris Wilkizki in 1913 , was called Swjataja Alexandra (Russian Святая Александра, in German: Sankt Alexandra ) until 1926 . An initiative to rename the island failed in 2007 because it was rejected by the regional parliament of the Krasnoyarsk region .
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Web links
- Article October Revolution Island in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Депутаты ЗС Красноярского края против переименования островов архипелага Северная Земля , Regnum News Agency (in Russian) May 24, 2007. Земля , May 24, 2007.