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Severnaya Zemlya

Severnaya Zemlya

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Severnaya Zemlya, Russia Zemlya imperatora Nikolaya II ‘Northern Land’ from severnaya ‘northern’ and zemlya ‘land’. An archipelago discovered in 1913 and named ‘Emperor Nicholas II† Land’ after the reigning emperor. Following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, it was renamed in 1926 with the four largest islands being given suitable communist names: October Revolution, Bolshevik, Komsomolets, and Pioneer.
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Severnaya Zemlya [Rus.,=northern land], archipelago, c.14,300 sq mi (37,010 sq km), between the Kara and Laptev seas, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N Siberian Russia, off the Taymyr Peninsula. Extending N of lat. 80°N, it is composed of four major islands—October Revolution, Bolshevik, Komsomolets, Pioneer—and several smaller ones. Glaciers are found on the larger islands. Discovered in 1913, it was first named Nicholas II Land.

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