The Lyakhovsky Islands ( rus, Ляховские острова, r=Lyakhovskiye ostrova; sah, Ляхов арыылара) are the southernmost group of the

New Siberian Islands The New Siberian Islands ( rus, Новосиби́рские Oстрова, r=Novosibirskiye Ostrova; sah, Саҥа Сибиир Aрыылара, translit=Saña Sibiir Arıılara) are an archipelago in the Extreme North of Russia, to the north o ...

in the

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seas of eastern

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. The islands are named in honour of

Ivan Lyakhov Ivan Lyakhov (russian: Иван Ляхов), died around 1800, was a Russian merchant who explored large sections of the New Siberian Islands in the 18th century. Expedition Lyakhov began his explorations in the spring of 1770 on dogsleds in ord ...

, who explored them in 1773.

Geography

They are separated from the mainland by the Laptev Strait ( wide), and from the

Anzhu Islands The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands ( rus, Анжу Oстрова, r=Anzhu Ostrova; sah, Анжу Aрыыларa, translit=Anju Arıılara) are an archipelago and geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located betwe ...

group by the

Sannikov Strait Sannikov Strait (пролив Санникова; proliv Sannikova) is a 50 km-wide strait in Russia. It separates Anzhu Islands from Lyakhovsky Islands, and connects the Laptev Sea in the west with the East Siberian Sea in the east. It is na ...

( wide). Two islands dominate the group: *

Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island (russian: Большой Ляховский остров), or Great Lyakhovsky, is the largest of the Lyakhovsky Islands belonging to the New Siberian Islands archipelago between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea ...

(Great Lyakhovsky Island) with a maximum altitude of on

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* Maly Lyakhovsky Island (Little Lyakhovsky Island) Mal. Lyakhovskiy (Lachovski)
/ref> * Stolbovoy is a large island detached from the group. *Off Great Lyakhovsky Island's southwestern cape lies a small islet called Ostrov Khopto-Terer. *

Semyonovsky Island Semyonovsky Island ('о. Семёновский' in Russian) was an island in the Lyakhovsky Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands. It was located in the southwestern area of the archipelago, in the eastern part of the Laptev Sea. Before i ...

has now disappeared after heavy erosion. Before its disappearance, it was at 4 km², one of the smallest islands in the

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.Grigorov, I.P., 1946, ''Disappearing islands.'' Priroda, pp. 58–65 (in Russian)Gavrilov, A.V., N.N. Romanovskii, V.E. Romanovsky, H.-W. Hubberten, and V. E. Tumskoy (2003). Reconstruction of Ice Complex Remnants on the Eastern Siberian Arctic Shelf. ''

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''. vol. 14, pp. 187–198.

In popular culture

Part of the action of two novels by

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

, ''Waif of the Cynthia'' (1885) and ''

César Cascabel ''César Cascabel'' is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1890. It is part of Voyages Extraordinaires series (''The Extraordinary Voyages''). It was published in English in two-volume form, with subtitles "The Show on Ice" and "The Travelling Circ ...

'' (1890), takes place there. In the latter, the term "Liakhov Islands" refers to the New Siberian group as a whole, as the principal action is on

Kotelny Island Kotelny Island ( rus, Остров Котельный, r=Ostrov Kotelny; sah, Олгуйдаах Aрыы, translit=Olguydaax Arııta) is part of the Anzhu Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands located between the Laptev Sea and the East ...

References

External links

* 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 {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub