Russky Island (Kara Sea)

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Russkyy Island and nearby islands in the northern end of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago.
Russkyy Island and nearby islands in the northern end of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago.
Location of Russkyy Island in the Kara Sea.
Location of Russkyy Island in the Kara Sea.

Russky Island (Russian: остров Русский), also spelt Russkyy and Russkiy, is an island in the Kara Sea, in the north of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It belongs to the Nordenskiöld Archipelago. With and area of 309 km², Russky Island is the biggest in the archipelago. At a latitude of 77° 03' N, it is also the northernmost island of the group. It is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.

This island should not be confused with Russky Island off Vladivostok in Peter the Great Bay.

[edit] History

On the 25th August 1942, during Operation Wunderland, Kriegsmarine cruiser Admiral Scheer fell upon Russian Icebreaker Sibiryakov (under the command of Captain Kacharev) right off the northwest coast of Russky Island while prowling the waters off the northern end of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago. After opposing heroic resistance, the Sibiryakov was sunk in an unequal battle. Then Admiral Scheer headed southwest in order to attack the Soviet military installations at Dikson.


[edit] References

  • Valerian Albanov, In the Land of the White Death, 2001. Contains pictures of Fridjof Nansen's early Arctic maps.
  • William Barr, Baron Eduard Von Toll's Last Expedition. Arctic, Sept 1980.


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Coordinates: 77°03′N 96°30′E / 77.05, 96.5 ²

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