Wilkizki Island (East Siberian Sea)

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Wilkizki Island
Waters East Siberian Sea
Archipelago De Long Islands
Geographical location 75 ° 42 '45 "  N , 152 ° 27' 37"  E Coordinates: 75 ° 42 '45 "  N , 152 ° 27' 37"  E
Location of Wilkizki Island
length 2 km
width 1 km
surface 1.5 km²
Highest elevation 70  m
Residents uninhabited
Map of the De Long Islands, Wilkizki Island in the south
Map of the De Long Islands, Wilkizki Island in the south

The Vilkitsky Island ( Russian Остров Вилькицкого , Ostrow Wilkizkowo ) is a small, uninhabited island in the East Siberian Sea , a part of the sea of the Arctic Ocean . It belongs geographically to the group of De Long Islands , part of the New Siberian Islands , administratively to the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

geography

Wilkizki Island is located about 560 kilometers north of the north coast of Siberia , 88 kilometers northeast of the island of New Siberia and 40 km south of Shokhov Island . With a land area of ​​only 1.5 km², it is the smallest of the De Long Islands. The island, which is up to 70 meters high, is not glaciated, its surface is characterized by tundra with low-growing grasses, mosses and lichens.

history

In contrast to the other De Long Islands Bennett , Henrietta and Jeannette (discovered in 1881), this island was only discovered on August 20, 1913 by Alexei Schochow (1885-1915) by the Russian Hydrographic Expedition of the Arctic Ocean . It is named after Andrei Wilkizki , the father of the expedition leader Boris Wilkizki .

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