Bolshevik Island

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Bolshevik Island, Russia.
Bolshevik Island, Russia.

Bolshevik Island (Russian: о́стров Большеви́к, pronounced [ˈostrəf bəlʲʂɨˈvʲik]) is the southernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the second largest island in the group.

The area of this island has been estimated at 11,312 km². The island is mountainous reaching a height of 935 m, and it houses an arctic base named Prima. About 30% of the island is covered by glaciers, while the coastal plains have a sparse vegetation of moss and lichen.

Bolshevik Island houses at least three glacier systems: Leningrad and Semenov-Tyan Shansky glaciers, as well as a smaller glacier, Kropotkin. [1]

There has been a request to rename this island Svyataya Olga (St. Olga).[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Russian Arctic - Severnaya Zemlya
  2. ^ http://eng.www.r24.kadastr.ru/search/?text=severnaya+zemlya&all_regions=&document_type=&select=0
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