New Siberian Islands

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archipelago islands

The New Siberian Islands are a remote Arctic archipelago off northeastern Siberia, Russia, known for their permafrost, fossil-rich sediments, and role in studying past climate and sea-level changes.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
New Siberia Island 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
islands ⓘ
borderedBy East Siberian Sea ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
discoveredBy Russian explorers ⓘ
ecoregion Arctic tundra ⓘ
geologicalFeature fossil-rich sediments ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ
hasCharacteristic largely uninhabited ⓘ
remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasPart Anzhu Islands ⓘ
Bennett Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island ⓘ
Bunge Land ⓘ
De Long Islands ⓘ
Faddeyevsky Island ⓘ
Henrietta Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeannette Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stolbovoy Island ⓘ
surface form: Kotelny Island

Stolbovoy Island ⓘ
surface form: Lyakhovsky Islands

Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island ⓘ
surface form: Maly Lyakhovsky Island

New Siberian Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Siberia Island

Faddeyevsky Island ⓘ
surface form: Vilkitsky Island

Zhokhov Island ⓘ
importantFor Arctic climate change studies ⓘ
knownFor Pleistocene fossil deposits ⓘ
mammoth remains ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ
sea-level change studies ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
East Siberian Sea ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: High Arctic

Laptev Sea ⓘ
northeastern Siberia ⓘ
partOf Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Russian Arctic

Sakha Republic ⓘ
seaIceCoverage seasonal ⓘ
separatedBy East Siberian Sea ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ
separationFrom Siberia ⓘ
surface form: Siberian mainland
timeZone Vladivostok Time (VLAT) ⓘ
surface form: Yakutsk Time
usedFor scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Laptev Sea → boundedBy → New Siberian Islands ⓘ
Lomonosov Ridge → extendsFrom → New Siberian Islands ⓘ
New Siberian Islands → hasPart → New Siberian Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Siberia Island
Soviet Arctic expeditions → mainRegion → New Siberian Islands ⓘ