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Location
  
Laptev Sea

Total islands
  
6

Population
  
uninhabited

Archipelago
  
Lyakhovsky Islands

Krai
  
Krasnoyarsk Krai

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The Lyakhovsky Islands (Russian: Ляховские острова Lyakhovskiye ostrova) are the southernmost group of the New Siberian Islands in the arctic seas of eastern Russia. The islands are named in honour of Ivan Lyakhov, who explored them in 1773.

Contents

Map of Lyakhovsky Islands, Russia

Geography

They are separated from the mainland by the Laptev Strait (60 km wide), and from the Anzhu Islands group by the Sannikov Strait (50 km). Two islands dominate the group:

  • Great Lyakhovsky Island (Большой Ляховский: Bolshoy Lyakhovsky) 4,600 km² with a maximum altitude of 270 m on Emy Tas
  • Little Lyakhovsky Island (Малый Ляховский: Maly Lyakhovsky) 1,325 km²
  • Stolbovoy is a large island detached from the group.
  • Off Great Lyakhovsky Island's southwestern cape lies a small islet called Ostrov Khopto-Terer.
  • Semyonovsky Island has now disappeared after heavy erosion.Before its disappearance, it was at 4 km2, one of the smallest islands in the archipelago.

    • Part of the action of two novels by Jules Verne, Waif of the Cynthia (1885) and César Cascabel (1890), takes place there. In the latter, the term "Liakhov Islands" refers to the New Siberian group as a whole, as the principal action is on Kotelny Island.

    References

    Lyakhovsky Islands Wikipedia
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