Bolshevik Island
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Bolshevik Island is a large, heavily glaciated Arctic island in Russia’s Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, known for its harsh polar climate and remote, uninhabited landscape.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archipelago | Severnaya Zemlya archipelago ⓘ |
| area | about 11000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| climateCharacteristic |
long, extremely cold winters
ⓘ
short, cold summers ⓘ |
| climateZone | High Arctic ⓘ |
| coastlineFeature |
deep fjords
ⓘ
numerous bays ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| discoveryPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| environment | remote polar environment ⓘ |
| fauna |
Arctic foxes
ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ seabirds ⓘ |
| formerName | Bolshvik Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Russian Arctic regulations ⓘ |
| humanPresence | temporary research stations ⓘ |
| iceCover |
large ice caps
ⓘ
numerous glaciers ⓘ |
| largestIslandOfArchipelago | October Revolution Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| latitudeApprox | around 79 degrees north ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Severnaya Zemlya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitudeApprox | around 103 degrees east ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bolsheviks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
harsh polar climate
ⓘ
heavy glaciation ⓘ remote, uninhabited landscape ⓘ |
| permanentPopulation | uninhabited ⓘ |
| rankInArchipelagoByArea | second largest island of Severnaya Zemlya ⓘ |
| region | Siberian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sea |
Kara Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laptev Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seaIceCondition | long-lasting sea ice ⓘ |
| separates | Kara Sea and Laptev Sea ⓘ |
| surfaceCharacteristic | heavily glaciated ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | pack ice for much of the year ⓘ |
| vegetation | sparse Arctic tundra ⓘ |
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