Kamennye Islands Explained

Kamennye Islands
Local Name:Russian: link=no|Каменные Острова
Location:Kara Sea
Coordinates:74.1167°N 130°W
Total Islands:6
Major Islands:Vostochny, Zapadny Kamenny, Rastorguyev
Population:0
Country:Russia

The Kamennye Islands or Kammenny Islands (Russian: Каменные Острова; Kamennye Ostrova) are a group of islands in the Kara Sea, Russian Federation.

Geography

The islands lie off the coast of Siberia, west of the mouths of river Pyasina. They are covered with tundra vegetation.

The sea surrounding the Kamennye Islands is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer, so that they are connected with the Siberian mainland during the long winters. The climate is severe and summers last only about two months.

This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation.

Islands

The main islands are (from East to West):[1]

History

These islands were explored by Russian geologist Baron Eduard Von Toll[2] during an expedition on behalf of the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences.[3]

The island group is included in the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve of the Russian Arctic.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ostrova Kamennyye. Mapcarta. 16 September 2016.
  2. http://www.shparo.com/Toll/toll_biograf.htm History
  3. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic27-1-2.pdf Russian Arctic Exploration