Kolosovykh Island (russian: остров Колосовых; Ostrov Kolosovykh) is an island, in the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

off the coast of

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Geography

Kolosovykh Island is located north of the Kolosovykh Peninsula, which is almost an island itself. The island's shore is deeply indented with two deep bays on both sides of a narrow 1.2 km wide

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that joins the northern from the southern part of the island. Ostrov Bol'shoy, a fairly large island with a diameter of 3 km, is located in the eastern bay. Kolosovykh has an average height of 13 m above sea level. and is separated from the mainland by a 2 km wide sound.

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Geologically Kolosovykh Island is part of the

Minina Skerries The Minina Skerries (Russian: Шхеры Минина; ''Shkhery Minina'') are located in the Kara Sea, in the northwestern shores of Siberia. They stretch between the Mikhailov Peninsula and the mouths of the river Pyasina. Their latitude is bet ...

a coastal archipelago forming a complex structure that includes the

Plavnikovyye Islands The Plavnikovye Islands (Russian: острова Плавниковые; Ostrova Plavnikovyye) is a group of islands, in the Kara Sea eastern region, off the coast of Siberia. These islands are covered with tundra vegetation and there are many lak ...

further south. The highest point of the island is 85 m high Gora Kolosovykh Hill. The sea surrounding Kolosovykh Island is covered with fast ice in the winter and the climate is severe, with bitter and long winters. The waters off the shores are often obstructed by pack ice even in the summer. This island belongs to the

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administrative division of

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and is part of the

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, the largest nature reserve of the

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Adjacent islands

*Ostrov Bol'shoy (Big Island), a fairly large island with a diameter of 3 km, located in the eastern bay at (). *Popova-Chukchina Island, located at the western end of the western bay north of Kolosovykh Island's westernmost point at ().

History

In 1937 the Arctic Institute of the

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organized an expedition to investigate the

Northern Sea Route The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, ''Severnyy morskoy put'', shortened to Севморпуть, ''Sevmorput'') is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of Nov ...

in the Kara Sea. Relics of the ill-fated 1912-13

Vladimir Rusanov Vladimir Alexandrovich Rusanov (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Руса́нов; – ca. 1913) was a Russian geologist and Arctic explorer. Early life Rusanov was born in a merchant's family in Oryol, Russia. His early ...

’s expedition on ship ''Gerkules'' were found on Popova-Chukchina Island located west of Kolosovykh Island.History of Russian Arctic Exploration
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References

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Geography

Adjacent islands

History

See also

Further reading

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