Novaya Zemlya
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| Elevation | 1547 |
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| Area | 90650 |
| Coordinates | 74°N 56°E / 74°N 56°E Coordinates: 74°N 56°E / 74°N 56°E |
| Locations | Arctic Ocean |
| Population | 2,429 (2010) |
| Did you know | The two largest islands of Novaya Zemlya are Severny and Yuzhny. |
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| ID | 1123202 |
About Novaya Zemlya
Novaya Zemlya, also known as Nova Zembla, is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in northern Russia and the extreme northeast of Europe, the easternmost point of Europe lying at Cape Flissingsky on the Northern island. West of Novaya Zemlya is the Barents Sea, and to the east is the Kara Sea.
Ruslan Shaveddinov: Russian opposition activist 'kidnapped' by army
... Ruslan Shaveddinov was seized at his home in Moscow on Monday and flown 2,000km (1,240 miles) to the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago...
Polar bear spray-painted with 'T-34' baffles Russia wildlife experts
... He suggested the incident may have taken place in the remote Russian region of Novaya Zemlya, where a team of specialists had earlier sedated polar bears that had been wandering into populated areas...
Arctic team maps five islands found by Russian student
...Novaya Zemlya: There is still uncharted territory in Russia s vast Arctic north A Russian Arctic expedition has mapped five small islands in the far north, discovered by a student analysing a glacier s retreat in satellite photos...
Why is part of Russia in state of emergency over polar bears?
... Footage from the Novaya Zemlya archipelago shows the animals roaming through building and exploring populated areas...
Russia islands emergency over polar bear 'invasion'
... Authorities in the Novaya Zemlya islands, home to a few thousand people, said there were cases of bears attacking people and entering residential and public buildings...
Novaya Zemlya Photos
