Severnaya Zemlya archipelago

E117960

The Severnaya Zemlya archipelago is a remote group of Arctic islands in northern Russia, known as one of the last major archipelagos on Earth to be explored and mapped.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic archipelago
archipelago
administratedBy Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
area about 37,000 square kilometers
belongsTo Eurasian continent shelf
climate polar climate
coordinatesApprox around 79°N latitude
country Russia
discoveredBy Boris Vilkitsky
Russian Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition
discoveryYear 1913
explorationEra early 20th century
hasFeature extensive glaciation
ice caps
tundra landscape
hasGlacier Academy of Sciences Glacier
hasIceCap Komsomolets Island ice cap
hasIsland Bolshevik Island
Komsomolets Island
October Revolution Island
Pioneer Island
Schmidt Island
hasSettlement research stations
knownFor being one of the last major archipelagos on Earth to be explored and mapped
largestIsland October Revolution Island
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai

Arctic region
surface form: Russian Arctic
locatedNorthOf Taymyr Peninsula
mappingCompleted 1930s
ocean Arctic Ocean
originalName Severnaya Zemlya archipelago self-linksurface differs
surface form: Taymyr Islands
partOf Arctic region
surface form: High Arctic

Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
surface form: Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets District
population very sparsely populated
renamedInHonorOf Soviet North
renamedYear 1926
sea Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
secondLargestIsland Bolshevik Island
separates Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
strategicImportance Arctic navigation and research
thirdLargestIsland Komsomolets Island
timeZone Krasnoyarsk Time (standard)
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Time
usedFor Arctic scientific research

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laptev Sea boundedBy Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Kara Sea borderedBy Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Kara Sea hasIslandGroup Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Soviet Arctic expeditions mainRegion Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Northern Sea Route region passesNear Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago originalName Severnaya Zemlya archipelago self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
this entity surface form: Taymyr Islands
Nordenskiöld Archipelago locatedNear Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Vilkitsky Strait separates Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Vilkitsky Strait near Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
Ivory gull breedingRange Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
this entity surface form: Severnaya Zemlya