The Zveroboy Islands (russian: Остров Зверобой, or Ostrov Zveroboy) is a group consisting of a large island (Zveroboy Island) and a few scattered small islets. The main island is 17 km in length. It is covered with tundra vegetation and has a lake.
This island group is located in the
Pyasina Bay
The Pyasina Bay , also known as Pyasina Gulf, (russian: Пясинский залив; ''Pyasinsky Zaliv'') is a bay at the mouth of the river Pyasina in the Kara Sea. It is limited on its western side by the Kamennyye Islands and on its northea ...
, 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. ...
, northeast of
Dikson, off the coast of
Siberia
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.
The sea surrounding the Zveroboy Islands is covered with pack ice with some
polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer.
The climate in the area is Arctic, with long bitter winters and a short warmer period which barely allows the ice to melt.
These islands belong to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
administrative division of the
Russian Federation
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.
The Zveroboy group is part of the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve
The Great Arctic State Nature Reserve (russian: Большой Арктический государственный природный заповедник) is a nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife san ...
of Russia.
References
* Location
* Dibner VD, Zakharov V.V. Острова Карского моря. Kara Sea Islands. // Острова Советской Арктики. / / Soviet Arctic Islands. Геология СССР, т. XXVI. Geology of the USSR, so XXVI. М., Недра, 1970, с. M., Nedra, 1970, pp. 196–207.
* Great Arctic Reserve
See also
*
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. ...
Archipelagoes of the Kara Sea
Archipelagoes of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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