October Revolution Island

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October Revolution Island
Satellite image
Satellite image
Waters Arctic Ocean
Archipelago Severnaya Zemlya
Geographical location 79 ° 30 '  N , 97 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 79 ° 30 '  N , 97 ° 37'  E
October Revolution Island (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
October Revolution Island
length 143 km
width 99 km
surface 14,170 km²
Highest elevation Karpinski
965  m
Residents uninhabited
Location of the island (in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago)
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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  • Raising the Russian flag in 1913

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Депутаты ЗС Красноярского края против переименования островов архипелага Северная Земля , Regnum News Agency (in Russian) May 24, 2007. Земля , May 24, 2007.