Anzhu Islands

The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: острова Анжу, Sakha: Анжу арыылара) are a geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic. The total area of the islands is approx. 29,000 km².

The main islands of the Anzhu subgroup are (from west to east):

The Anzhu Islands are named after Russian explorer Pyotr Anjou, a Russian-born descendant of Protestant refugees from the French province of Anjou.

This island group is a practically uninhabited territory. It belongs administratively to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.

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Aerosyemki • Anzhu Islands • Arangastakh • Belkovsky Island • Bolshevik • Bolshoy Begichev • Brusneva • Bulgunnyakhtakh-Belkey • Chychas-Aryta • Daldalakh • Dallalakh • Dunay Islands • Dzhyangylakh • Faddey Islands • Bolshoy Lyakhovsky • Komsomolets • Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands • Kotelny • Lena Delta Islands  • Leykina • Maly Lyakhovsky • Lyakhovsky Islands • Makar Island • Maliy Begichev • Maly Taymyr • Muostakh • Nanosnyy • New Siberian Islands • Orto Ary • Peschany • Petrushka • Preobrazheniya • Psov Island • Sagastyr • Saint Andrew Island • Saint Peter Islands • Salkay • Samakh Ary Dyete • Samolyota • Semyonovsky • Severnaya Zemlya • Shelonsky Islands • Starokadomsky • Stolbovoy • Vos'mogo Marta • Vilkitsky Islands • Yarok • Zalivnyye Islands