Yuzhny Island

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Yuzhny Island is the southern and larger of the two main islands of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Russian Arctic, known for its harsh polar climate and remote, sparsely populated landscape.

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Yuzhny Island canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
administrativeRegion Arkhangelsk Oblast NERFINISHED
belongsTo European Russia (administratively) NERFINISHED
comparativeSize larger than Severny Island NERFINISHED
country Russia
governedBy Russian federal authorities
hasCharacteristic permafrost
remote
rugged landscape
sparsely populated
hasClimate harsh Arctic climate
polar climate
hasCoastlineOn Barents Sea NERFINISHED
Kara Sea NERFINISHED
hasEcosystem Arctic tundra
hasFeature glacially influenced terrain
numerous bays and inlets
rocky coasts
hasLanguage Russian (administrative language)
hasNearbyWaterBody Barents Sea NERFINISHED
Kara Sea NERFINISHED
hasSeason long polar night in winter
midnight sun in summer
hasVegetation tundra
isPartOf Novaya Zemlya archipelago NERFINISHED
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Arkhangelsk Oblast NERFINISHED
Northern Russia NERFINISHED
Russian Arctic NERFINISHED
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
Northern Hemisphere
partOf Novaya Zemlya NERFINISHED
populationDensity very low
relativePosition south of Severny Island
southern island of Novaya Zemlya
separatedBy Matochkin Strait NERFINISHED
separatedFrom Severny Island NERFINISHED
sovereignState Russian Federation NERFINISHED
strategicImportance Arctic navigation and defense
usedFor Arctic research
military purposes

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Novaya Zemlya hasPart Yuzhny Island