Bely Island
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Bely Island (also spelled as Belyy and Beliy, Russian: Белый остров) is a relatively large island in the Kara Sea off the tip of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia.[1] Close to the island's northwest tip, there is the Russian Experiment Station (Polyarnaya Stantsiya) Popov Station.
| Native name: Белый остров | |
|---|---|
Bely Island, Kara Sea | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kara Sea |
| Coordinates | 73°11′N 71°17′E / 73.183°N 71.283°E |
| Area | 1,810 km2 (700 sq mi) |
| Length | 63 km (39.1 mi) |
| Width | 41 km (25.5 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Highest point | Bely HP |
| Administration | |
Russia | |
| Oblast | Tyumen Oblast |
| Okrug | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
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GeographyEdit
Bely Island covers an area of 1,810 square kilometres (700 sq mi). It is covered by tundra, but some dwarf shrubs also grow on this island.[2] It is separated from the mainland by the Malygina Strait, an 8 to 10 km wide sound which is frozen most of the year.
This island belongs to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug which is the northern part of the Tyumen Oblast administrative division of Russia.
Adjacent IslandsEdit
Within Bely Island's wide eastern bay there is a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long island called Bezymyannyy. Ostrov Tabango and Ostrov Tyubtsyango are located 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south of Bely Island's SE corner.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Staalesen, Atle (26 August 2016). "Cleanup of Bely Island completed". The Independent Barents Observer. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Vegetation on Bely Island
External linksEdit
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