Lyakhov Islands
Lyakhov Islands , c.2,700 sq mi (7,000 sq km), southern group of the New Siberian Islands , N Siberian Russia, between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea, Sakha Republic. They include Bolshoy Lyakhov, Maly Lyakhov, and Stolbovoy islands and are separated from the Anjou group of the New Siberian Islands by Sannikov Strait and from the mainland by Dmitri Laptev Strait. They were discovered (1770) by Ivan Lyakhov, a Russian merchant. In 1928 the Soviet government established a geophysical station there.
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Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...rosea were trapped on the New Siberian Islands in the Laptev Sea in early...post-breeding dispersal, New Siberian Islands, Laptev Sea RESUME. Au debut...trapped in late summer on the New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation. During...
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Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Arctic. Consequently, the New Siberian Islands, which lie in the centre...Mesozoic time the western New Siberian Islands were adjacent to northern...tectonic reconstructions. The New Siberian Islands separate the Laptev and East...
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Jan Welzl (1868-1948).(Essay)
Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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Cloud conundrums; satellites have spied strange plumes coming from the Soviet Arctic regions, including some rising from an island that served as a nuclear testing ground. (includes related article on methane measurements)
Magazine article from: Science News; 3/28/1987; ; 700+ words
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Siberian Chess Squad to Face Beijing United Team
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 6/11/1996; 93 words
; The New Siberian Chess Team, comprised of five grandmasters and one coach-player, will compete with the Beijing United Team on Wednesday and Thursday. The New Siberian team, the reigning club champion in Russia, include grandmasters Sergei...
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Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/17/1990; 71 words
; ...adults from throughout the area converged on Michigan City's Washington Park Zoo Wednesday morning to catch a glimpse of the new Siberian tigers on exhibit there. The tigers are less than 3 years old and are expected to gain another 200 pounds before they reach...
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EXTRA!(City Desk/Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/31/2003; 234 words
; ...Persuasive.'' The skinny on Jovan Musk from www.jovanmusk.com about the fragarence zookeepers at the Denver Zoo used to coax their new siberian tigers, Tiaga and Katarina, into their new outdoor exhibit. In addition to being popular with the tigers, the cologne was...
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Hard cash boosts Russian oil.
Magazine article from: Energy Report; 2/1/1993; 110 words
; Russian oil exports are likely to increase after the completion of a new Siberian pipeline financed by western money for the first privately-owned oil company in the country. Eurosov, a privately-owned British...
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Kotelny Island
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, largest island of the Anjou group of the New Siberian Islands , c.100 mi (160 km) long and c.60 mi (100 km) wide, off N Siberian Russia. The island was sighted in 1773 by Ivan Lyakhov, a Russian merchant. Polar foxes and reindeer inhabit the island.
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New Siberian Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the New Siberian or Anjou islands (c.8,200 sq mi/21,200 sq...Sibir, and other smaller islands; the southern group consists of the Lyakhov Islands (c.2,700 sq mi/7,000 sq...there. The sparsely settled islands were sighted (1773) by Ivan Lyakhov, a Russian merchant. Mammoth...been ...
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Sakha Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...by the Central Siberian Uplands, and in the E by the Verkhoyansk Range. It also encompasses the New Siberian and Lyakhov islands in the Arctic Ocean. More than 40% of the republic lies inside the Arctic Circle. One of the world's coldest inhabited...
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