| Native name: Белый остров | |
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Bely Island, Kara Sea |
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Bely Island (Russia)
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| Location | Kara Sea |
| Area | 1,810 km2 (699 sq mi) |
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Russia
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| Oblast | Tyumen Oblast |
| Okrug | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
Bely Island (also spelled as Belyy and Beliy, Russian: Белый остров) 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 square kilometres (700 sq mi). 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.
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).
Within Bely Island's wide eastern bay there is a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long island called Bezymyannyy. Ostrov Tabango and Ostrov Tyubtsyango are located 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south of Bely Island's SE corner.