- Zveroboy Islands
The Zveroboy Islands ( _ru. Остров Зверобой, or Ostrov Zveroboy) is a group consisting of a large island (Zveroboy Island) and a few scattered small islets. The main island is 17 km in length. It is covered with tundra vegetation and has a lake. This island group is located in the
Pyasino Gulf , in theKara Sea , northeast ofDikson , off the coast ofSiberia .The sea surrounding the Zveroboy Islands is covered with pack ice with some
polynia s in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer.The climate in the area is Arctic, with long bitter winters and a short warmer period which barely allows the ice to melt.
These islands belong to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of theRussian Federation .The Zveroboy group is part of theGreat Arctic State Nature Reserve of Russia.References
* Location: [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm]
* Dibner VD, Zakharov V.V. Острова Карского моря. Kara Sea Islands. // Острова Советской Арктики. / / Soviet Arctic Islands. Геология СССР, т. XXVI. Geology of the USSR, so XXVI. М., Недра, 1970, с. M., Nedra, 1970, pp. 196-207.
* Great Arctic Reserve: [http://www.bigarctic.ru/index.php?cat=1&art=1]ee also
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Kara Sea
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