Sedov Islands

Sedov Islands
	Sedov Islands to ; the west of Severnaya Zemlya
Waters	Arctic Ocean
Geographical location	79 ° 26 ' N , 91 ° 51' E Coordinates: 79 ° 26 ' N , 91 ° 51' E
Number of islands	10
Total land area	60 km²
Residents	uninhabited

The Sedov Islands , also called Sedov Archipelago ( Russian архипелаг Седова , scientific transliteration archipelag Sedova ) are a small group of islands in the west of the Severnaya-Zemlya Archipelago in the Russian Arctic .

All of the uninhabited, mostly ice-covered islands of the group are located about 25 kilometers south of the coast of Pioneer Island and about five kilometers from the first foothills of the October Revolution Islands . They form a chain of islands about 50 kilometers long in the Kara Sea .

The archipelago includes around ten small islands, u. a. the

Domaschni Island ( Остров Домашний )
Figurny Island ( Остров фигурный )
Golomjanny Island ( Остров Голомянный )
Sredni Island ( Остров Средний )
Vostochny Island ( Остров Восточный )
Strela Island ( Остров Стрела ) .

The Sedov Islands were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century and completely mapped between 1930 and 1932 by geologists Georgi Alexejewitsch Uschakow and Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Urwanzew , who set up the base station for their expedition to explore Severnaya Zemlyas on Domaschni Island. After another expedition in 1937 with the icebreaker Georgi Sedow ( Георгий Седов ) the archipelago was named after the Russian polar explorer and namesake of the research vessel Georgi Jakowlewitsch Sedov . In the 1950s, a meteorological research station was built on Golomjanny Island and is still in operation today.

In September 2015, Russia announced that it would establish a military base on Sredni Island.