The Izvestiy TSIK Islands or Izvesti Tsik Islands (russian: Острова Известий ЦИК), also known as Izvestia Islands, is an island group 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. ...

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Geography

The archipelago includes two large and two small islands covered with tundra vegetation, shingle and ice. It is located in the

, about 150 km from the coast of

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and just 45 km north of the nearest island group, the

Arkticheskiy Institut Islands The Arkticheskiy Institut Islands or Arctic Institute Islands (russian: Острова Арктического института) is a compact archipelago of narrow islands covered with tundra vegetation. The islands are located in the Kara Sea, ...

. The largest island is Troynoy with a length of 27 km. The sea surrounding the Izvesti Tsik Islands is covered with pack ice in the winter and there are numerous ice floes even in the summer. The strait between Pologyy-Sergeyeva and Gavrilina Island is known as Proliv Belukha. The wholly submerged Sadko Shoal (russian: Банка Садко;''Banka Sadko'') is located roughly 30 km to the NE of Tupoy Point, Troynoy Island's easternmost headland. This island group belongs to the

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administrative division of

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and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia. The islands are a breeding ground for migratory birds during the brief summer season.

History

These islands were named after ''Izvestiya Tsentral'nogo Ispolnitel'nogo Komiteta'', which was the full title of the newspaper Izvestia. A topographic survey of the islands was conducted in 1939. There is a scientific station (Polyarnaya Stantsiya) on Troynoy Island that was founded in 1953. In September 2016 the weather station was encircled by about 10 adult

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s as well as cubs, making it dangerous for scientists to exit. A nearby ship was able to deliver dogs and flares to the island, allowing the scientists, who had been trapped for two weeks, to scare off the bears.

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Account of an expedition of amateur radio operators
with photographs (Russian) Archipelagoes of the Kara Sea Populated places of Arctic Russia Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai {{KrasnoyarskKrai-geo-stub

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