Anzhu Islands
Anzhu Islands
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Island group | |
Anzhu Islands | |
Coordinates: 75°28′30″N 143°2′30″E / 75.47500°N 143.04167°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Far Eastern Federal District |
Republic | Yakutia |
Government | |
Website | http://government.ru/en/ |
The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: Анжу Oстрова, tr. Anzhu Ostrova; Yakut: Анжу Aрыыларa, romanized: Anju Arıılara) are an archipelago and geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic Ocean.
Etymology[]
The Anzhu Islands are named after Russian explorer Pyotr Anjou, a Russian-born descendant of Protestant refugees from the French province of Anjou.
Geography[]
The total area of the islands is approx. 29,000 km².
This island group is a practically uninhabited territory. It belongs administratively to Yakutia, Russian Federation.
Main islands[]
The main islands of the Anzhu Islands archipelago are, from west to east:
- Belkovsky Island.
- Kotelny Island
- Bunge Land
- Faddeyevsky Island
- New Siberia
References[]
External links[]
- Media related to Anzhu Islands at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Anzhu Islands
- Archipelagoes of the East Siberian Sea
- Archipelagoes of the Laptev Sea
- New Siberian Islands
- Archipelagoes of the Sakha Republic
- Islands of Siberia
- Uninhabited islands of Russia