Anzhu Islands
Island group in Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
Anzhu Islands 75°28′30″N 143°2′30″E / 75.47500°N 143.04167°E / 75.47500; 143.04167 | |
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Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Far Eastern Federal District |
Republic | Yakutia |
Government | |
Website | http://government.ru/en/ |
The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: Oстрова Анжу, romanized: Ostrova Anzhu; Yakut: Анжу арыыларa, 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 Peninsula
- New Siberia
References
- Location of the Anzhu Islands Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Media related to Anzhu Islands at Wikimedia Commons
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- Anzhu Islands
- Arangastakh
- Belkovsky Island
- Bolshevik
- Bolshoy Begichev
- Brusneva
- Bulgunnyakhtakh-Belkey
- Chychas-Aryta
- Daldalakh
- Dallalakh
- Dunay Islands
- Dzhyangylakh
- Faddey Islands
- Bolshoy Lyakhovsky
- Komsomolets
- Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
- Kotelny
- Lena Delta Islands
- Leykina
- Maly Lyakhovsky
- Lyakhovsky Islands
- Makar Island
- Maliy Begichev
- Maly Taymyr
- Muostakh
- Nanosnyy
- New Siberian Islands
- Orto Ary
- Peschany
- Petrushka
- Preobrazheniya
- Psov Island
- Sagastyr
- Saint Andrew Island
- Saint Peter Islands
- Salkay
- Samakh Ary Dyete
- Samolyota
- Semyonovsky
- Severnaya Zemlya
- Shelonsky Islands
- Starokadomsky
- Stolbovoy
- Vos'mogo Marta
- Vilkitsky Islands
- Yarok
- Yaya
- Zalivnyye Islands