- Plavnikovyye Islands
The Plavnikovyye Islands (Russian: острова Плавниковые; Ostrova Plavnikovyye) is a group of islands, in the
Kara Sea eastern region, off the coast ofSiberia .These islands are covered with tundra vegetation and there are many lakes and swamps. They are under snow and ice during most of the year.The largest islands of the Plavnikovyye Archipelago are Pestsovyy Island and Kruglyy Island. Most of these islands are located and less than 10 km west of the deeply indented shores of the
Taymyr Peninsula . But others, like Vardroppera Island, are far offshore. The eastern group of islands, including Kosterina and Pestsovyy, are also known as Vkhodnyye Islands.The Plavnikovyye Islands, lie south of the small Kolosovykh peninsula. Geologically they are part of the
Minina Skerries , a complex formation that includes theKolosovykh Islands further north.This island group is located between 73° 15' and 74° 40' N and between 84° and 86° 30' E.The sea surrounding the Plavnikovyye Islands is covered with fast ice in the winter and the climate is severe, with bitter and long winters. The surrounding sea is obstructed by pack ice even in the summer.
This island group belongs to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of theRussian Federation . It is also part of theGreat Arctic State Nature Reserve , the largest nature reserve of Russia.The Plavnikovyye Islands should not be confused with
Plavnikovyy Island (Ostrov Plavnikovyy), off the western shores ofSevernaya Zemlya , also in the Kara Sea.References
* Nature Reserve: [http://www.bigarctic.ru/Eng]
*Albert Hastings Markham . Arctic Exploration, 1895
* Armstrong, T., "The Russians in the Arctic", London, 1958.
* Early Soviet Exploration: [http://www.whoi.edu/beaufortgyre/history/history_soviet.html]
* History of Russian Arctic Exploration: [http://www.tour-land.ru/extr/north_p/eng/hist_ark.shtml]ee also
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Kara Sea
*Taymyr Peninsula
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