The Kolomeytsev Islands (russian: острова́ Коломе́йцева, ''ostrova Kolomeytseva'') is a group of two small islands, part of the
Nordenskjold Archipelago in the
Kara Sea coastal region, off the coast of
Siberia. These two islands are located at the northwestern end of the archipelago.
Geography and history
The Kolomeytsev Islands lie about east of
Russky Island
Russky Island (russian: Ру́сский о́стров, lit. ''Russian Island'') is an island in Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan, in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is the largest island in the Eugénie Archipelago, separated from the M ...
, the largest island of the Nordenskjold Archipelago, and less than west of the
Taymyr Peninsula.
The climate in the northernmost end of the archipelago is severe and the sea surrounding the little Kolomeytsev Islands is covered with fast ice in the winter and often obstructed by pack ice even in the summer.
These islands belong to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of
Russia and is part of the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.
In 1900, the islands of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago were explored by Russian geologist
Baron Eduard Von Toll
Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll (russian: Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Толль, translit=Eduárd Vasíl'evič Toll'; 1902), better known in Russia as Eduard Vasilyevich Toll and often referred to as Baron von Toll, was a Russian ge ...
during the Polar Expedition on behalf of the Imperial
Russian Academy of Sciences aboard ship ''
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*Zorya, personification of dawn in Slavic mythology
* Zarya (antenna), a type of medium-wave broadcasting antenna used in former Soviet Union
*Zarya (ISS module) is a module of the International Space Station.
* ''Zarya'' (magazi ...
''. The islands were named after Captain
Nikolai Kolomeitsev
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kolomeitsev, also spelt Kolomeytsev (russian: Николай Николаевич Коломейцев) (16 July 1867 – 6 October 1944) was a naval officer of the Russian Empire and Arctic explorer.
Early life
Nikolai K ...
, first commander of the ship.
Early Soviet Exploration
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References
External links
Early Soviet Exploration
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Islands of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago
Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai