Bely Island

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Bely Island, Kara Sea
Bely Island, Kara Sea

Bely Island (also spelled as Belyy and Beliy, Russian: Остров Белый) is a relatively large island in the Kara Sea off the tip of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia.

Bely Island covers an area of 1,810 km². It is covered by tundra, but some dwarf shrubs also grow on this island. It is separated from the mainland by the Malygina Strait, an 8 to 10 km wide sound which is frozen most of the year. The latitude is 73° 15' N and the longitude 70° 50’ E.

This island belongs to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug which is the northern part of the Tyumen Oblast administrative division of Russia.

On Bely Island, close to its NW tip, there is a Russian Experiment Station (Polyarnaya Stantsiya).

[edit] References

  • Location: [1]
  • Vegetation on Bely Island: [2]
  • Satellite Views of Russian Experiment station Polyarnaya Stantsiya Belyy: [3]

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Coordinates: 73°15′N, 70°50′E

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