October Revolution Island
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October Revolution Island is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in the Russian Arctic, known for its extensive glaciation and remote polar environment.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archipelago | Severnaya Zemlya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area |
about 14000 square kilometres
ⓘ
about 5400 square miles ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Boris Vilkitsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryExpedition | Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| ecosystem |
Arctic tundra
ⓘ
polar desert ⓘ |
| feature |
extensive glaciation
ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ ice domes ⓘ polar desert ⓘ |
| formerName | Bolshoy Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn |
Kara Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laptev Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlacier |
Karpinsky Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rusanov Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ University Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIceCap |
Karpinsky Ice Cap
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leningrad Ice Cap NERFINISHED ⓘ Vavilov Ice Cap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPoint | about 965 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| largestIslandOf | Severnaya Zemlya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 79 degrees north ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Russian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Severnaya Zemlya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitude | approximately 97 degrees east ⓘ |
| namedAfter | October Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | 0 permanent inhabitants ⓘ |
| seaIceCoverage | permanent or near-permanent ⓘ |
| separatedBy |
Red Army Strait
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shokalsky Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Bolshevik Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Komsomolets Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
Arctic research
ⓘ
Russian Arctic presence ⓘ |
| timeZone | Krasnoyarsk Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Severnaya Zemlya
subject surface form:
Severnaya Zemlya