Ledyanyye Islands (russian: Острова Ледяные;''Ostrova Ledyanyye'') are a small island group in the
Kara Sea. They are coastal islands near the
Nordenskiöld Archipelago, which lies further east.
Geography
The Ledyanyye Islands are a group of two small islands located to the north of the
Fuss Peninsula ''(Poluostrov Fussa)'' of the Siberian coast, and to the west of
Vkhodnoy Island off the westernmost headland of
Nansen Island
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.
The larger island is on the east and is long and wide. The smaller western island is only in length. Both islands are separated by a wide
sound.
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The sea surrounding the Ledyanyye Islands is covered with
pack ice with some
polynia
A polynya () is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as a geographical term for an area of unfrozen seawater within otherwise contiguous pack ice or fast ice. It is a loanword from the Russian полынья (), which re ...
s during the long and harsh winters and there are many
ice floes
An ice floe () is a large pack ice, pack of Drift ice, floating ice often defined as a flat piece at least 20 m across at its widest point, and up to more than 10 km across. Drift ice is a floating field of sea ice composed of several ice fl ...
even in the summer.
This island group belongs to the
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of
Russia and is part of the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve – the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world.
Nature Reserve
See also
* List of islands of Russia
References
{{Kara Sea Islands
Islands of the Kara Sea
Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai